Warnings vs. Tickets

I was at lunch yesterday with a friend and we were discussing strong-willed children.  He said he had heard an interesting distinction made between issuing warnings and tickets.

Children are given a choice between receiving a warning with a corresponding lecture OR receiving a ticket – no lecture, just corrective action.

With strong-willed children, however, we sometimes give too many warnings, spend too much time negotiating during lectures, and the child avoids any corrective action.  What he had heard was that with strong-willed children you may need to give more tickets and fewer warnings (without giving the child the choice between the two).

Interesting idea.

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