Promices Promices

Promices should not be broken to children they will be let down, dissapointed and begin believeing it dosen't mean a thing. I have learn't to start saying maybe or we will see, as things sometimes do arise and can't be put off. I will make every effort to try and

do something that I have marked as a maybe or we will see, unless the child has been behiving terribly and then will say I haven't forgotton you asked me if we could ... but unfortunatly you have been eg egging the math teacher". I found this strategy helps them work on their behaviour all the time as tho they may not always be rewarded for being good they never know when they might!.

My personal experience with this technique shows two good sides and no bad, I will get the odd "but you promiced" but it won't last long as everyone knows I don't promice unless its a sure can do thing. If your child has ADD or ADHD try this technique it dose help, Im currently using it on my brother who spends weekends with us and it has helped his carers who have him through out the week.. His attention span is still the same but he seems to be trying and not doing things deliberatly for attention now.

POEM
Too Many if's
Too many when's
Too many sorries and never agains
Too many promices
Too many lies and
Far Too many on more tries
How many were there before I knew that actions speak louder than promices do