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In the middle of a rage, what do you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 115499" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>We have set times on games but I do try to be flexible. The games themselves by way of their designs rarely loan themselves to be shut off with the five minute warning. If the dog the kid has become attached to isn't fed, it runs away. There are certain things on games such as Animal Crossing that can only be "purchased" in their towns on Sunday mornings. If they're in the middle of a level they've worked hard to get to, they can lose that if they shut down without finishing the level. It's worth spending some time listening to what they're saying about the games they're playing. </p><p></p><p>I sometimes will try and engage during a rage but usually it's a waste of time. It can make things worse.</p><p></p><p>We don't punish for what occurs during a rage. If he was harming someone else or someone else's valuable property I probably would be rethinking that. </p><p></p><p>Two things that helped:</p><p>Set aside a place for when they're heading for the rage. We set up difficult child's room when he wasn't doing well with a routine (snack, show, bean bag, heating pad, etc). It wasn't long before he started asking to go to avoid the rage.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that helped us was to get him out of the house. Driving around town, drive thru for a snack or soda, bookstore cafe, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 115499, member: 701"] We have set times on games but I do try to be flexible. The games themselves by way of their designs rarely loan themselves to be shut off with the five minute warning. If the dog the kid has become attached to isn't fed, it runs away. There are certain things on games such as Animal Crossing that can only be "purchased" in their towns on Sunday mornings. If they're in the middle of a level they've worked hard to get to, they can lose that if they shut down without finishing the level. It's worth spending some time listening to what they're saying about the games they're playing. I sometimes will try and engage during a rage but usually it's a waste of time. It can make things worse. We don't punish for what occurs during a rage. If he was harming someone else or someone else's valuable property I probably would be rethinking that. Two things that helped: Set aside a place for when they're heading for the rage. We set up difficult child's room when he wasn't doing well with a routine (snack, show, bean bag, heating pad, etc). It wasn't long before he started asking to go to avoid the rage. The other thing that helped us was to get him out of the house. Driving around town, drive thru for a snack or soda, bookstore cafe, etc. [/QUOTE]
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