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Finally threw down the gauntlet....
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 43979" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KFld</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I know it would have been extremely hard because he probably wouldn't have gotten to school, but by putting the $5 under his medications, now he'll play that as long as he can knowing you will give it to him. Give them an inch with anything and they take 100 miles. I think I would have said, well I guess I'm giving you a ride then, because you don't have any gas, and then I would have driven him in complete silence. The complete silence thing always had a huge effect on my difficult child :smile: </div></div></p><p></p><p>Guess I'm not ready for the complete tough love thing yet. And to be fair, I haven't had a chance to have that all-important heart-to-heart "make your choice" conversation yet, either.</p><p></p><p>If I push too hard before then, he'll go into that conversation in full ODD overdrive (if he comes at all). I don't want that to happen, so for the next few days until we talk, we'll stay the course and give him a taste of what's coming, but without enough "oomph" to give him an excuse to get mad, give up, and act out.</p><p></p><p>I want him to come to that conversation understanding we're for real. And I also don't want his ODD triggered so that he doesn't even start the treatment program.</p><p></p><p>Sound okay? Or am I off base?</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 43979, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KFld</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I know it would have been extremely hard because he probably wouldn't have gotten to school, but by putting the $5 under his medications, now he'll play that as long as he can knowing you will give it to him. Give them an inch with anything and they take 100 miles. I think I would have said, well I guess I'm giving you a ride then, because you don't have any gas, and then I would have driven him in complete silence. The complete silence thing always had a huge effect on my difficult child [img]:smile:[/img] </div></div> Guess I'm not ready for the complete tough love thing yet. And to be fair, I haven't had a chance to have that all-important heart-to-heart "make your choice" conversation yet, either. If I push too hard before then, he'll go into that conversation in full ODD overdrive (if he comes at all). I don't want that to happen, so for the next few days until we talk, we'll stay the course and give him a taste of what's coming, but without enough "oomph" to give him an excuse to get mad, give up, and act out. I want him to come to that conversation understanding we're for real. And I also don't want his ODD triggered so that he doesn't even start the treatment program. Sound okay? Or am I off base? Mikey [/QUOTE]
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