Consequeneces

Lukas was acting up and got in trouble. His punishment was that he had to miss his friends b-day party the next day. Pat and I are just at a loss of what to do to teach him proper behavior. We thought this was the best consequence to teach him that if he can't behave in public, he won't be able to go public places including a friends party. He was so upset. Well, I had time to think about it and decided to give him an alternative to his punishment. If he could do a small list of chores that I laid out for him before the party, he could still go. Instead of sulking and whining about it, he just went and did it on his own. He picked up his toys in the basement, straightened his toy room, made his bed, emptied ALL the garbages on his own and wiped the table and chairs clean. I was so impressed. When he puts him mind to it, he can really get stuff done. He went to the party and had a blast! Way to go Lukas! You made good choices.