Re: Eating Problem and Wanted to go to burger King everyday

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Posted By AS on January 30, 2001 at 05:33:19:

In Reply to: Eating Problem and Wanted to go to burger King everyday posted by Ana Tejeda on January 30, 2001 at 00:46:23:

My son is very motivated by food, but his big thing at the minute is a computer game. We use it to deal, in a very friendly way, if I want to wash his hair,or for him to get dressed then if he keeps his part of the bargain then I keep mine. If he doesn't, I say no. However it's very important to be very confortable about saying no. If he want's to make a fuss or go on about it, I don't mind and I've had to work very hard at not letting it get to me. Now we use his love of this particular game in a much more complex way, he has to get dressed every morning without any fuss for school and then he gets a go on his game at the end of the week. In the meantime we are the computer game, I become the mechanic mending rides and building new rides, only last night I was a spider ride, quickly followed by a log flume. It's only recently that we've been able to negotiate with him like this, he had a thing abour McDs for a long time, so we stopped going completey, stayed at home more, all recharged our battteries so we all could deal with it better. Anyway I'm rambling. I suppose the main point is say No, and be happy with it, if he asks a 1000 times you can still say no.

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Comments:: My son is very motivated by food, but his big thing at the minute is a computer game. We use it to deal, in a very friendly way, if I want to wash his hair,or for him to get dressed then if he keeps his part of the bargain then I keep mine. If he doesn't, I say no. However it's very important to be very confortable about saying no. If he want's to make a fuss or go on about it, I don't mind and I've had to work very hard at not letting it get to me. Now we use his love of this particular game in a much more complex way, he has to get dressed every morning without any fuss for school and then he gets a go on his game at the end of the week. In the meantime we are the computer game, I become the mechanic mending rides and building new rides, only last night I was a spider ride, quickly followed by a log flume. It's only recently that we've been able to negotiate with him like this, he had a thing abour McDs for a long time, so we stopped going completey, stayed at home more, all recharged our battteries so we all could deal with it better. Anyway I'm rambling. I suppose the main point is say No, and be happy with it, if he asks a 1000 times you can still say no.