Recently, the boy has been a bit more difficult to handle than usual.
He's always been placid and easy-going and, for the most part, he still is.
The issue we have is with his behaviour during the bath/bedtime routine.
Bath-Time? No, Show-Time!
He refuses to co-operate at every turn. Refuses to go upstairs, refuses to get undressed, refuses to get in the bath, then refuses to get out.
He loves stories before going upstairs and just before he gets into bed so we've used the threat of removing the bedtime stories as a way of getting him to play ball. This has worked to an extent but something else is needed.
For the next couple of days we're going to cut out the stories he has before going upstairs. If he behaves better then we'll re-introduce them into his routine.
No Stories
If his behaviour continues to slide, that may mean we cut out stories altogether and he'll therefore never learn to read. He'll underachieve in school and descend into a life of crime....
But we won't panic just yet. We're hoping this tactic will be enough of a jolt for him.
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