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[quote=Anonymous]To piggyback on what PP said we have found that for our DC it actually helps to give some limited choices so that DC feels like he has some level of control. Do you want to eat carrots or broccoli with your dinner? Time to put on your shoes. Come over here. Which jacket do you want? The green one or blue one? It's almost time for lights out. Do you want 1 more minute to read or 5 more? (DC always chooses 5 but this works much much better than saying 5 more minutes until lights out.) I also try to say yes to things a lot but qualify the yeses. DC - I want ice cream. Give me ice cream. Me - Yes, sure. Let's eat dinner first and I'll get you your ice cream after we clean up. Which to DC sounds much better than No, you have to eat your dinner first. We try not to threaten but sometimes there's no other way and we do find ourselves doing what PP said in her point #2. She's right that you must always follow through. [/quote]
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