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Punishment

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1.   Nov 29, 2006 2:30 PM

» holisticnurse10 - punishment

In response to punishment posted by YAELB:


I think it would be helpful to start thinking about behavior consequences, not punishment. It's true, punishment does create fear because the one who gets punished doesn't always know when the ax is about to fall, so to speak...

That's why consequences are better. And hindsight is always better than foresight, but I suggest you start setting some rules in advance---rules that when broken, have consequences. Talk about them together, post them, and always enforce them.

In this case, a good rule would be:

The consequence of not going to school is that you are grounded for _______days; that means no TV, no computer games, no previously-planned activities.

Now once this has been stated and agreed upon, your child knows what the consequences will be and he'll be less apt to break the rule, and less afraid, too.

Check out my article on ADHD and Behavior Consequences. You can find it listed on the ADD/ADHD main page.

Best of Luck. You can do this!

Carolyn

-- posted by holisticnurse10


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