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Controlling use of gameboy & stopping snacks after dinner/brushing
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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 178798" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>difficult child's therapist recently suggested the concept of earning computer time, game time, etc.. and here's the problem we have with it. When difficult child does not earn something, he feels as if that item is taken away from him, backwards thinking but that's the way of a difficult child! </p><p></p><p>I have found it much more helpful to schedule the day, building in free time blocks. These are the times when difficult child can choose to watch tv, play his games, play with toys, go outside etc.. There are three blocks of time in the day but inorder to get there, the items on the schedule need to be completed, the longer it takes, the shorter the freetime block becomes. </p><p></p><p>For examle, in the morning, difficult child is expected to come downstairs eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, tidy up his room. Afterwards that he gets to watch morning tv until 10:00 AM (in the summer). If he's fast on everything else, he has about an hour if he's dragging his feet, he may end up with only a few minutes. At 10:00 on most days, we do some reading and math practice, one chore (put away laundry, unload dishwasher, etc), and eat lunch. Afterwards he has about 2 hours most days to do what he wants. Then it is either time for tae kwon do or we will do an activity together. Next is dinner. More free time and then get ready for bed. </p><p></p><p>I remind him before bedtime that if he wants a snack, now is the time. If he has gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, it's too late. We are firm on this and it has caused meltdowns but it's not negotaible for us at this point.</p><p></p><p>It requires a lot of monitoring on our part but if difficult child is playing with a gameboy or something when he is not supposed to, it get confiscated for a week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 178798, member: 225"] difficult child's therapist recently suggested the concept of earning computer time, game time, etc.. and here's the problem we have with it. When difficult child does not earn something, he feels as if that item is taken away from him, backwards thinking but that's the way of a difficult child! I have found it much more helpful to schedule the day, building in free time blocks. These are the times when difficult child can choose to watch tv, play his games, play with toys, go outside etc.. There are three blocks of time in the day but inorder to get there, the items on the schedule need to be completed, the longer it takes, the shorter the freetime block becomes. For examle, in the morning, difficult child is expected to come downstairs eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, tidy up his room. Afterwards that he gets to watch morning tv until 10:00 AM (in the summer). If he's fast on everything else, he has about an hour if he's dragging his feet, he may end up with only a few minutes. At 10:00 on most days, we do some reading and math practice, one chore (put away laundry, unload dishwasher, etc), and eat lunch. Afterwards he has about 2 hours most days to do what he wants. Then it is either time for tae kwon do or we will do an activity together. Next is dinner. More free time and then get ready for bed. I remind him before bedtime that if he wants a snack, now is the time. If he has gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, it's too late. We are firm on this and it has caused meltdowns but it's not negotaible for us at this point. It requires a lot of monitoring on our part but if difficult child is playing with a gameboy or something when he is not supposed to, it get confiscated for a week. [/QUOTE]
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