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[quote=Anonymous]Withholding snacks is a horrible consequence.

Also that system was instituted in my son's classroom (not daycare). It was awful for him. He is a bit anxious and very much a rule follower. He is a people pleaser and is absolutely devastated by getting in trouble as he links that to people not liking him. So basically when they instituted the policy he spent his entire day trying to be good to make sure he never left green. Even though he had never gotten in trouble before the policy!  He stopped talking in class and started isolating himself to make sure he didn't say the wrong thing or be around other kids acting up and he would get in trouble by association. It was brutal. In the end after many conversations the teacher told him he was exempt and that no matter what he did his light would always be green. This helped him relax a little but he still stayed very uptight the rest of that year, pretty much talking every day about the lights and who moved to what color and why...it was his focus beyond all else.Thankfully that was the only year he encountered that![/quote]

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