Hello, I am brand new to TSG and am looking forward to receiving my book in the mail this week. Forgive me if I’m submitting this question prematurely.
What do you do if giving a chore as a consequence isn’t a good option in the moment? For example, Sunday at church my daughter (almost 3) was misbehaving. (She wanted to play with the umbrella we had brought, and when I told her no, started disagreeing inappropriately.) I took her out and talked to her about it, but I didn’t think giving her a chore was feasible because we would have had to have really looked for one and because we wanted to be in the service.
(This situation also brings up the question of what to do if disagreeing appropriately would actually be inappropriate due to the circumstances…)
Another example came today when she wasn’t wanting to get in bed for her nap. I didn’t want to derail nap time by having her go pick up something.
Thanks so much for the advice. I have only been looking at your videos and podcasts for about a week, and they have already been life-changing. I can’t wait for my other materials to come in later this week! I also look forward to pursuing the archives of these support meetings!
Christy