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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 572704"><p>That is something that I've been doing for a while. I would remind him that I needed him to do X and I would say that it needs to be done by a certain time. Or if I need everyone to clean their stuff off the dining room table I will tell him a few days before that I need it done by a certain day. That seems to work for him because he knows that he needs to do it, but it alleviates the anxiety of having to do it RIGHT NOW!</p><p></p><p>I also had a talk with easy child yesterday and told him that difficult child has a hard time with subjective words, like "later". He needs very concrete words like "at 5:30 I'll play X game with you." I'll have to work on that with him because it's really new to him.</p><p></p><p>I guess I did really better than I thought I did because difficult child came up from the basement to do his homework and he left easy child in the basement playing on his new game. All by himself. He NEVER EVER does that! I asked him why he chose to do that and he said, "Well, easy child was a good boy today."</p><p></p><p>I have to say that I gave difficult child a HUGE hug before he went to bed last night and told him that I was really proud of him for stopping to listen when I was trying to make things more concrete for everyone, instead of just flying off the handle about easy child not wanting to play with him immediately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 572704"] That is something that I've been doing for a while. I would remind him that I needed him to do X and I would say that it needs to be done by a certain time. Or if I need everyone to clean their stuff off the dining room table I will tell him a few days before that I need it done by a certain day. That seems to work for him because he knows that he needs to do it, but it alleviates the anxiety of having to do it RIGHT NOW! I also had a talk with easy child yesterday and told him that difficult child has a hard time with subjective words, like "later". He needs very concrete words like "at 5:30 I'll play X game with you." I'll have to work on that with him because it's really new to him. I guess I did really better than I thought I did because difficult child came up from the basement to do his homework and he left easy child in the basement playing on his new game. All by himself. He NEVER EVER does that! I asked him why he chose to do that and he said, "Well, easy child was a good boy today." I have to say that I gave difficult child a HUGE hug before he went to bed last night and told him that I was really proud of him for stopping to listen when I was trying to make things more concrete for everyone, instead of just flying off the handle about easy child not wanting to play with him immediately. [/QUOTE]
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