So instead of repeatedly asking him to do something, we decided to give him a visual reinforcement for every time he listened. Each time he quickly obeys he gets to put a bean in the jar. After 10 beans he gets to buy a gumball from the machine (he can usually earn a gumball everyday or two). After he gets 100 beans he can get a special prize. For our first special prize we went to Incredible Pizza Factory and played lots of games and Joey got to ride the race cars for the first time!
It has been a nice way to change the atmosphere from feelings of complete frustration and nagging, to positive progress. Ohhh, why don't they just want ot listen all the time :) 
Sweet success!
Sweet success!
Kimball and I hung out and watched the race
First place champs! And it had nothing to do with the fact that they were the only racers.
Get 'em!
2 comments:
Genius! I'll have to tuck that idea away for future use :) Great pics! Your boys are so cute!
What a great idea!! I was just reading about how enforcing positive behavior and really praising it is what works, so way to go! I bet Joey loves his gumballs. :)
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