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"For every 'negative', find 2 positives."
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<blockquote data-quote="OpenWindow" data-source="post: 172699" data-attributes="member: 45"><p>LOL! OK, so maybe you can't be positive in <em>all</em> situations!</p><p></p><p>We tried this with difficult child way back when and it worked for a while. We don't track it anymore but we try to let him know whenever we see good. We have to be careful to be subtle and not too positive, though, because it backfires. </p><p></p><p>difficult child had a great year in school. At the last teacher conferences everyone came up to us telling us how proud they were of him for the great year he'd been having. The next day, difficult child had his first meltdown of the year and probably one of the worst. He overturned a teacher's desk and kicked in file cabinets. No one could figure out why but I wasn't surprised - it has happened so often in the past after he gets tons of compliments he just crashes.</p><p></p><p>I think it's a great approach, though, because difficult children hear so much negative throughout the day, we have to make a real effort to give them some positive.</p><p></p><p>Linda</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OpenWindow, post: 172699, member: 45"] LOL! OK, so maybe you can't be positive in [I]all[/I] situations! We tried this with difficult child way back when and it worked for a while. We don't track it anymore but we try to let him know whenever we see good. We have to be careful to be subtle and not too positive, though, because it backfires. difficult child had a great year in school. At the last teacher conferences everyone came up to us telling us how proud they were of him for the great year he'd been having. The next day, difficult child had his first meltdown of the year and probably one of the worst. He overturned a teacher's desk and kicked in file cabinets. No one could figure out why but I wasn't surprised - it has happened so often in the past after he gets tons of compliments he just crashes. I think it's a great approach, though, because difficult children hear so much negative throughout the day, we have to make a real effort to give them some positive. Linda [/QUOTE]
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