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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you have taken everything away, you have removed every incentive for your kids to behave ever. So it will go down a much bigger rabbit hole of challenging behavior. 
Figure out what motivates your kids (in a additive/positive way and not in a punishing way) and work with that. And stop/pause piano. Its hard enough to manage to practice for those who are motivated by success of playing correctly. My kid wants to play and practices every day but getting her to transition from any activity and sit down even with a solid routine is a bear. And then shell sit and practice for a long time. [/quote]

This.  I am PP.  My child also has issues with transitions, so I need to give a lot of lead time.  "You said you wanted to bike with your neighbor before math homework.  How many minutes do you want?  20 or 25?, 25 minutes, okay great.  I will come out and give you 15, 10, and 5 minute warnings."  Then I do that.  Just up and saying your 25 minutes is up does not work.  It may sound childish, but I literally give my child warnings including 3 minutes, and 1 minute and they will come inside and then do their work.  You need to figure out what works for your kid.  Maybe giving them a watch with a stopwatch feature so they can see themselves how much time is left?  [/quote]

A different PP. We found an egg timer was good when our kids were little because they could gauge how much time was left visually.[/quote]

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