I told the class, “Your behavior controls my behavior.” I said, “You get to choose. Who do you want standing up here, Santa Claus or Satan? Santa Claus is a jolly, white-haired, old man who gives presents and grants favors. Satan is a mean guy who enforces the rules to the letter of the law without pity or consideration for your situation. Now who do you want standing up here?”
I haven’t posted anything new on my website for over a month and I didn’t want you to think I had stopped writing or had died. Actually I was writing for another website called Kars4Kids. First I was just quoted in a piece called What is Positive Parenting? I wasn’t too pleased with the way I was represented so I wrote a comment at the end where I suggested that they read my posts that I referred to in the quote.
After Kars4Kids read my posts I was invited to write a guest blog post called The Two Choices Technique: Charlotte’s Tantrum which is based on one of my other original posts. I included links in that blog which refer back to my original work. Please check it all out.