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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you ever watched What Not to Wear? They give the person some rules and send them off.  The rules give them a framework and a new way forward.

Your psychologist has given you 3 new rules, a new way forward.  You can implement the rules in various ways but they should be in line with the rules.

"Give child 3 rules: 1) obedience, 2) respect, 3) no arguing. Parents have three rules when responding to child's breaking of these rules (child not told this but parents know): 1) be consistent, 2) no second chances, and 3) no warning before consequences."

Those are reasonable rules.  They're about consistency, predictability, and reliability. For everyone.  Stability and predictability is great for kids.  They will test rules and boundaries, that's what they do, but they are a lot happier and more confident when they know where the rules and boundaries are.  [/quote]

OP. Yes, I generally agree. I would just tweak it a bit. We have been good about discipline but sometimes get frustrated, raise our voices, and don't necessarily respond in a way we feel is ideal. Having the framework does help a lot. Just need to hold ourselves to it and remember what we planned to do when things happen.[/quote]

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