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I have a six (going on sixteen) year old daughter that can be quite a handful at times. While I know that this in no way compares with your situation, this is what usually works for my wife and me. At the beginning of each day we say that my daughter Katie's "light is on green". For the first time that she gets into trouble her "light" goes to yellow and she gets a time out. Second time she gets into trouble and her "light" goes to orange and she gets a privilege taken away, like "no TV for a day/week/year/whatever". Third time and her "light" goes to red and she gets spanked.
I really don't like to spank her, and fortunately I haven't had to do it much. At least she gets plenty of warning before she gets spanked. Usually by the time that she's on orange she's asking me for a way to be put back on green again, and I'll end up reducing her "no TV" sentence in return for being good from then on. Ahhhhh, doncha love blackmail? [img]smile.gif[/img]
Anyway, good luck and my prayers go out to you.
Mike
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