Pat Cald...

Today my 10 yo dd asked if I could come up with a punishment to help her
stop twitching her nose. I told her there are no more punishments. She was
shocked and said "You mean we won't be punished for anything any more?" I
said "no more punishments". She asked me if it was hard not telling us what
to do any more. I told her it felt different but I liked it. I told her I
would still remind her of things once in a while and she said "Good because
I probably would never do anything if you didn't". I told her that she will
be surprised at how much she will want to do now that she is not being told
what to do. A few minutes later she told me about the plan she had to stop
her nose twitching. This is the way life should be!

Pat


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In a message dated 2/1/02 9:27:47 AM, homeschoolmd@... writes:

<< A few minutes later she told me about the plan she had to stop
her nose twitching. This is the way life should be!
>>

That's cool.

There are ways to help without punishment. You could just say "twitch!"
without even looking at her. <g> And make it fun and funny and hug-filled.

Sandra