Question
My 3.5 yo son has been on the ticket system for 5 weeks with the only goal being OBEDIENCE to every command given. He has shown slow, slow improvement. It is a rare day that he isn't in bed after dinner.
My question is about the Time Outs that follow every lost ticket- I ask him to silently sit in TO for 5 minutes. He can never sit silently. Inevitably he shouts, sings, grunts, talks to his brother, etc. and loses an additional ticket.
Am I being too strict with the 'silent' rule? I feel like it's another form of his disobedience and frankly, it makes my blood boil.
He has 5 tickets a day and understands the consequence of losing the tickets. He doesn't seem to care about losing tickets and it's hard to know if this is working. Ack!
Please advise. Thank you.
