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[quote=Anonymous]@12:47: This started at 3 years old.

1. During a tantrum I would either walk away or try to put him in timeout. The psycologist said stay in the room reading a magazine (so it appeared I was not paying attention) and said "let me know if there is something I can do to help you calm down". My H and I both thought it was crazy! He refused, I did it - I was desperate - his tantrums were crazy, off the wall tantrums. His tantrums went from every day to never in 3 weeks and went from 30 minutes to 5 minutes in 3 days.

2. We charted - stars for good behavior - stars - that was it. A freakin star. The stars didn't even gain him things like snacks or tv time - just stars. Who knew.

3. We have a schedule for breakfast. Monday - egg sandwich, Tuesday - cereal, Wednesday - oatmeal. He makes the list and can change it.

4. Wake up - alarm - starting at 5, it seemed so young. I thought hugs would be better but he likes the alarm.

5. We did and still do Magic 1-2-3 (one kid stops on 1 the other always goes to 2) - but I don't do timeout as a consequence. Consequences change with age.

I can go on, and on, and on.

At 9 years old we did some behavioral therapy for rigidity and anxiety issues. About 7 meetings with a psycologist.

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