How do you teach a kid restraint?
In the book Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Charlie bucket saved a piece of chocolate. With great discipline and restraint he only savoured a tiny piece of it every day. I was in grade 3 when I read that and realize today just how much effect it had on me over my life so far. As far back as I can remember, I looked up to this. I'm sure this is where I learned to eat the vegetables on my plate first and save the chop for last.
Brandon is the complete opposite. He eat his most favorite part of the meal first leaving the worst part for last. He wears his favorite cloths to school everyday in a row until they need to go into the laundry so by Wednesday, as far as he's concerned, he has nothing to wear. That's fine. But he complains about the position he finds himself in blaming others for his predicament. "you haven't done laundry for too long", "you feed me too many vegetables"
Maybe it's just a matter of teaching him to accept the position he got himself into. That way he can make up his own mind to use restrain. After all, I don't want teach hording.
Brandon is the complete opposite. He eat his most favorite part of the meal first leaving the worst part for last. He wears his favorite cloths to school everyday in a row until they need to go into the laundry so by Wednesday, as far as he's concerned, he has nothing to wear. That's fine. But he complains about the position he finds himself in blaming others for his predicament. "you haven't done laundry for too long", "you feed me too many vegetables"
Maybe it's just a matter of teaching him to accept the position he got himself into. That way he can make up his own mind to use restrain. After all, I don't want teach hording.