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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For your adopted kid, you need to do a "time in" rather than "time out".  And DON'T do it in his bedroom.

So it would look like this:

Kid: breaks rule of playing ball in the house and breaks vase from China
You: Aiden! Come with me into the den right now.

We're going to sit here together and calm down.  Let's breathe in and out together, because the sound of that vase breaking was scary.  Did you get cut?  Because the absolute MOST important thing is that you're okay.

Breathe......

Now, [Mom] really loved that vase - it was really special to her.  I'm going to clean it up because I don't want you to get cut. What can you do to make things better for [Mom]?

And then accept things like "bake her a cake, write her an apology letter, get her flowers as an apology, etc." [/quote]

Yeah, I'm not sending "Aiden" himself off anywhere.  He needs a different approach, and I feel like we've got that under control.

I do kind of love how DCUM always assumes there's a den, and a playroom, etc. . . We're in a pretty small space. [/quote]

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