my son is 7 yrs old and he is one of the top 5 students in his class. except he likes to talk a lot during class, I have tried different things and nothing seems to work. I am a single parent and that maybe part of the problem (maybe). I hate being the disciplinarian all the time because it seems like every time he sees me I have to punish him. he keeps on getting in trouble with his teacher and I talked to him and he agrees not to talk, but the next week he comes home with another bad behavior note. any suggestions on how to deal with this problem... I talked to his teacher about his academic standards and she feels like he's fine and it all has to do with his age and it's normal. I'm running out of ideas...
2007-01-25 15:34:18 · 5 answers · asked by hecc24 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
He has a behavior that you wish to diminish, I would suggest every Monday putting 50 dimes in a jar (or tokens). Send him to school with a chart and ten slots for each day. When the teacher notices him talking out of turn, he gets a check on his chart for that day. If he gets 1-3 checks, he loses 1 dime; 4-6 checks, he loses 5 dimes; 7-10 checks, he loses 10 dimes(all the same for tokens). At the end of the week, he can have a special shopping trip with his dimes or purchase a special reward with his tokens. I believe this is called a spend-cost method of behavior modification.
2007-01-25 16:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by RB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he is 7 and it is very normal. Talk with the teacher again about a behavioural system (for good and bad). If he has been in trouble by the teacher he does not need to get in trouble again at home. If it was something really bad than YES he needs to be punished at home too, but all he is doing is talking. If this is really all, the teacher should be dealing with it (maybe sit him away from the others for an hour if he keeps talking when told to stop) and not sending home notes. Never say it is because you are a single mum! I have seen kids from 2 parent families getting up to a lot worse than talking
2007-01-25 23:58:04 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to talk to the other parent and do the same thing to discipline, hes taking advantage of you bothbecause he goes back and forth and probably has dfferent rules for each parent. so just get with his other parent and do the same thing for discipline
2007-01-25 23:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DEAR SIGN PAPERS SAYING YOU GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO PADDLE HIM WHEN SENT TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE VICE OR HEAD PRINCIPALS OFFICE AND SIGN ONE FOR THE TEACHERS I KNOW THAT IN YOUR LOVING HEART YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SO THE POINT GETS ACROSS TO HIM AND BEFORE HE GOES IN FOR THE PRINCAPLAS TEACHER CAN CALL YOU AT WORK AND TELL YOU WHAT IS FIXING TO GO DOWN WITH HIM YOU SIGN A PAPER SAYING YOU WANT SUE THE SCHOOL THEY WILL NOT HURT HIM OK THEY WILL HIT HIM ON THE LEFT CHECK OF HIS BUT THE RIGHT AND THE MIDDLE 2-3 TIMES THAT IS ALL OK TAKE CARE
2007-01-25 23:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
So he likes to talk.I had the same problem.Maybe she should sit him next to someone he does not like so much!
2007-01-25 23:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jim C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋