miraclebow777

I would love to see your forms.. I love the idea of ready forms for faxing for scripts, renewals, notes to the physicians etc.. Mainly right now, i would love to come up with a simple, to the point yet comprehensive new order tracking form.. Some of our nurses seem to have a problem with getting new orders on the mar etc. thank you

Each child is unique as to what will get his/her attention. Time out may work for one where as a reading assignment where kids are just taught, "Children obey your parents...." with a set of spoken or written questions, to answer at the end, may stick in the brain of a child who can read. Writing, "I will not....." a bunch of times may work to reinforce the rule itself, in the mind of still others. Parents know their own children and with trial and error will discover what works. Try several methods. Just like you have to do when studying for test. You know what works for you. Just remember to make the punishment fit the crime. Be careful not to give them a felony punishment for a misdeamor crime, or vise versa. Keeping a journal of outcome (sound familiar?) may even help the parent remember what worked and what did not. No matter what diciplinary method you choose as an alternative to spanking, there is only one way it will be effective. Love and consistancy. Stick with your own rule, promise or threat. If you do not, you will reinforce to them that they can escape consequences to bad behavior; the next time it will be worth the gamble, (that they might just get by with it) and they probably will gamble on that. If they get by with it one time out of two, their subconscious mind says 50:50 chance that this behavior will have no consequences. And on it goes. Explaination of your reason for the rule and the discplinary measures will keep reinforcing to the child what the rules are and that irresponsible or bad behaviour does have negative consequences. If they do not learn this now, they will learn it later. Most likely behind bars or with otherwise broken health and lives. I learned all this the hard way. And then finally with my last two out of 4 children, I learned what works. Love and consistancy. Don't forget to pray for your kids lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots. It works!