Bad Choices- 1 Good Choices- 1!!!

Hudson has been getting some "bad" reports from school lately. Let me begin by saying "bad" is by no means BAD; however, he has been definitely testing his boundaries. On the list of "bad" behavior Hudson has spilled his milk on purpose and refused to clean up his mess, he has ripped a book, he has thrown a muffin, and just acts silly! Keep in mind these actions are not an indication of his entire day at school, but it does get exhausting constantly hearing negative reports so I thought long and hard about what we could do to help remedy the situation.
Toys are Hudson's first love so I came up with the idea of making a "Good Choices" box and "Bad Choices" box. The "Good" box would have small rewards to help encourage good behavior. If Hudson would decide to continue his "bad" behavior after several warnings he would have to put a toy in the "Bad" choice box.
Hudson's first experience using the new boxes was unfortunately with the bad box! He had to put his lion, spider, and shark in the box and he cried! He also told me that I hurt his feelings! This was a good thing! We've never gotten that kind of reaction from Hudson utilizing timeouts, yelling, or with spankings so hopefully we found his weak spot!


Hudson's first day back to school since our new box method was a SUCCESS! He was much more calm, happy, and behaved! As a matter of fact Hudson got a good report all 3 days of school this week! Let's just hope this good behavior continues!!

Hudson earned, and named, his crocodile "Home Depot" because I was so proud of him for making good choices and getting a great report at school!