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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I forgot a few things:

When you start selectively ignoring behaviors, the behavior will get worse before it gets better. This is because the child is used to getting attention when they do that behavior, and you're breaking the cycle - it takes time.

Also, the book says to change one thing per week - which is really important. If you only change one thing every week, you can stay motivated to continue moving through the steps, if you try to change more than one thing a week its alot for the kid, and its a lot for the parents.

My son also behaved perfectly at school - his teachers never had any problems with him whatsoever. So it was the dynamic at home that needed to change. I don't know what you should do if your child is also having issues at school. There are also problems with my son's dad saying things to my son that he shouldn't, saying bad things about me, telling my son that I'm parenting badly, that I'm making bad decisions, etc. (there's a reason I have sole physical custody). The good thing was that the person I worked with was able to give me strategies that WORK in my house, and help me figure out how to reassure my son when his dad said inappropriate things.

Anyway, my son is literally the most argumentative person on the planet. If he wasn't so interested in science and math I would think he would definitely turn out to be a lawyer.[/quote]

21:28 here. Thank you for taking the time to write this out. Some good advice here. [/quote]

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