One morning my son woke up with the statement that he was going to listen to me all day. Of course, two hours later he was fighting with his sister and ignoring everything I was saying. I asked, ‘What happened, I thought you were going to listen today?’
‘I ran out of batteries’, was the response I got.
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Now when Big Boy is hitting, snatching toys off his sister or is about to chuck a tantrum (yes, 4-year-olds still do that sometimes), I ‘change his batteries’. This involves a lot of tickling and usually ends in laughter and a switch from whatever he was doing before that.
I am grateful that I have found this easy, playful and effective technique to stop challenging behaviour.
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Hi, I'm Tat. I believe that through motherhood we're given another chance to find ourselves, grow and shine. I have three beautiful children and I learn a lot from them every day. This year I'm searching for ease in everything I do.
Love, Love , Love it !!
Reminds me to try it on the now 2 x MR 4yrs .
LOL we once tricked our older son into thinking he had batteries …he worked a charm for ages. We both were in on it.
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That is adorable. Love it.
Ellie told me I needed to turn the water off as the batteries were running out. I love how they see things.
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That’s total gold! You clever mum you!! x
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I love that idea! We could all use a battery change from time to time
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Hehehe this is awesome. I cant wait until my kids starts to cause me trouble
have to wait for it to be born though, of course 
fyi – my award is back on again. you werent too far off from getting it, so I thought you’d like to know.
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i cant wait to read all these entries ppl wil (hopefully) send in!
keep up the posts, i’ll make sure I keep that one in my memory bank
- tork
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Beautiful, good for all of us. XD
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