Many wins this week
DB dealt with the downs, too ...
they were hard on me! :)
DuckyBoy did great this week! I made him wait to get a toy until he got 2 stickers at school -- they have a reward system where you get one warning, on the 2nd thing you lose your sticker for that half of the day, and the 3rd time they ahve to speak to you (same or different offense) you have to write a consequence report.
When you get 10 stickers you get a prize. And at Back-to-School night, I noticed DB had the fewest stickers by half, literally.
So this week when we found one of the Transfomers he wants, he's out of spending money so I bought it, then had the idea to make him earn it by having a 2-sticker day.
At first he thought that was impossible! But he has had them before, at least once or twice, so I assured him he could (plus I emailed his teachers a heads-up, not so they'd go easy on him but so they'd know).
The very next day, he almost did it -- but had different teachers (who also know him well but didn't know "the plan," but it's fine) in the afternoon and acted out a bit right at the end of the day ... and was devastated that he didn't win his toy!
Whined and pleaded the whole way home, and got angry, adn tried sugegsting all kinds of things he would do at home if he could earn it that way.
It was really hard, but held firm.
And the following day? He got it.
He also lost his beloved Sigg bottle last week and found it on his own this week -- under one of the big freezers in the cafeteria, he thought to look there. A nice win!
When you get 10 stickers you get a prize. And at Back-to-School night, I noticed DB had the fewest stickers by half, literally.
So this week when we found one of the Transfomers he wants, he's out of spending money so I bought it, then had the idea to make him earn it by having a 2-sticker day.
At first he thought that was impossible! But he has had them before, at least once or twice, so I assured him he could (plus I emailed his teachers a heads-up, not so they'd go easy on him but so they'd know).
The very next day, he almost did it -- but had different teachers (who also know him well but didn't know "the plan," but it's fine) in the afternoon and acted out a bit right at the end of the day ... and was devastated that he didn't win his toy!
Whined and pleaded the whole way home, and got angry, adn tried sugegsting all kinds of things he would do at home if he could earn it that way.
It was really hard, but held firm.
And the following day? He got it.
He also lost his beloved Sigg bottle last week and found it on his own this week -- under one of the big freezers in the cafeteria, he thought to look there. A nice win!
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4 comments:
Kudos to Ducky Boy ;--)
Hope you have a good weekend!
As usual, I've shared Haiku on all three blogs ... just because.
Happily Retired Gal
Sacred Ruminations
Small Reflections
Hugs and blessings,
Oh, man. I know how hard it is to hold firm in the face of a disappointed child who wasn't quite able to earn that prize yet! In fact, I dealt with that at bedtime last night. Yay for DB that he was able to do it in the end! :)
I have a haiku about a cupcake on my blog: A Room of Mama's Own. :)
I don't think I am earning my stickers today.
I'm with Ginger. I'm having one of those "hamster-on-the-wheel" days. I know I'm running but I ain't going anywhere!
Tink *~*~*
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