One of the best writing prompts I have ever read ! <| sep |> We definitely blacked out to Cattan as well lol . <| sep |> pol is a great place . No political correctness , no upvotedownvote system and you find very high quality content and info . <| sep |> My girl is 6 in a couple of weeks . She deliberately ignores me and other adults around her when told to stop doing something , or to do something like putting on her coat . Concerning the coat thing . Don ' t try so hard to get her to put on a coat when you are going to be with her . Prompt her once . It that fails , carry the coat . If it is really cold , then her other mother Mother Nature will apply something called negative reinforcement that will cause her to ask for the darn coat . I have done this and it works , Mother Nature is a skilled disciplinarian . Yesterday we emptied her room of her toys , banned tv and phone games and treats and dessert . What specifically did she do that caused your behavior ? but any messing around gets her sent straight to her roomtaken home . What specifically does messing around mean to you ? I ' m trying to follow through with all my warningsNever ever warn . Act , Don ' t Yak . First make a rule about the consequences . After you have made the rule , apply the consequences every single time like clockwork when the rule is broken and ignore all complaints . Be sure to make the consequences mild enough so that you and the spouse are willing to apply the consequences every single time like clockwork when the rule is broken . Being consistent and avoiding warnings is much much more important than the severity of the consequences . Also , keep the restrictions short , not more than one day long . Also , work the positive side . When she engages in good or acceptable behavior react immediately with a special kind of effective praise that includes enthusiasm , affectionate touch , saying specifically what you saw that was good , not just good job . To improve listening , use this more effective prompting method get close , touch , use a calm voice , use a command or a please statement not a question . Don ' t prompt more than 3 times , don ' t nag . Give her some reinforced practice in compliance by first r prompting her to do small things that she is likely to do and then reacting effective form of praise . It that does not work , use a reward chart for a while to get the behavior going and always include the effective form of praise when you put something on the reward chart . Once the habit is wellestablished , fade out the reward chart and fade the praise to occasional .