We really have been working on her not arguing with us so much when we ask her to do something, or when we tell her she cannot do something. So, I devised a plan that would hopefully encourage her to not argue with us.
I purchased a Chore Chart at Target in the $1.00 section. We were able to write in our own goals and we decided to start on two. One of them was fairly easy, and included her cleaning up. The other one, was using "pretty words". I didn't want to state it in the negative form, so we came up with "pretty words" rather than no arguing.
At the end of every day, if she did not argue and if she cleaned up when asked, she would earn a sticker. We wrote down our two goals through the bottom of the sticker chart, and counted up that she would have 40 days to earn her reward, which, she chose. We decided that if she could be successful for 35 of the 40 days, we would purchase her toy.
She saw the LaLa Loopsy Silly Hair doll on t.v. and said that she wanted. So, I knew that she would be motivated to improve her behavior in order to earn the toy.
There were a few days that she would miss her 'clean up' sticker and there was one day where she missed both stickers. She still argued, but it was much less than she had previously been doing. I also found that I was able to say, G, you're arguing, and she'd instantly stop. Those were pretty powerful words.
We are going to continue a sticker chart for her behavior. I think i've tried everything in the book, for discipline and positive reinforcement, and a sticker chart continues to be very reinforcing for G. I'll again let her choose her reward, but this time we're going to guide her to something a little less expensive. This doll was $35.00! I had no idea how much it cost when we saw it on t.v., but, it was what was reinforcing at the time. I think we're going to work more towards a movie night at the theatre, trip to the park, or ice cream!
What rewards have you tried for your child? Have you had to purchase something super expensive because it was reinforcing?
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