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Stay cheerful :-) I agree with Julianne...
By LindaR
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...and let your kids know how grownup they are if they do complain about anything. When I first started using MM, I anticipated my students getting upset about not getting something for being good (this was all they ever| knew), so I prepared them first by telling them a story about training my dog to do tricks. I asked them about their experience in training their pets....so our discussion was quite lively! They caught on about the food part I then told them that I had to go through a process of weaning my pet off the food (I'd give him lots of verbal praise, tho). I let my students know that | |
I respected them, that I wanted to treat them like human beings, and not like my pets, because as human beings, they knew the right way to behave. I didn't have to bribe them to make the right choices.They were actually very excited about this.... And they valued the snacks that I brought on occasion because I wasn't "bribed" to bring them due to "good behavior." Hmmm...sounds a bit like co-dependence, huh?. I brought them because I WANTED to, because they were special to me Enjoy your kids! Let me know how it's going for you using MM....
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