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1st blatant lie....

MrsL1022MrsL1022 member
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So C told his very first blatant lie to us tonight and I am not sure how to handle it. Here is why...

So C is in the kitchen eating his dinner. I had to tell him multiple times to eat his dinner or he'd get no desert.

I went into the laundry room (off of the kitchen to fold laundry), he couldn't see me and I couldn't see him but I could hear him. Before I realized what he was doing he had helped himself to a brownie, with that DH walks in and asks C if mommy gave him desert. He looked DH square in the eye and said yes. This is when I came out and told DH I had NOT given him desert.

So, now here we are with no leverage in terms of with holding desert and he has not eaten dinner at this point. We read him the riot act about lying and set the timer for 10 minutes. We told him that if he didn't eat his dinner by the time the timer went off he was going right to bed. 10 mins came and went and he held strong on not eating his dinner. We put him to bed. I just feel like it had NO impact on him at all b/c  he had already taken what we would have with held from him for lying which was desert. I am thinking that he should get no desert tomorrow night but I am not sure it that is too long after the fact to have an impact. SO what would you have done in this situation and how can we make an impact about 'stealing' and 'lying' for next time?

 

 

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Re: 1st blatant lie....

  • ebearwifeebearwife member
    I think you should still withhold dessert anyway.  Remind him about what he did and tell him that no dessert is his punishment for lying and not eating his dinner.  Tell him there is absolutely no dessert without a clean plate on any night.  Next time, put his favorite movie (or toy, etc) on the high shelf and tell him its on time out for 1-2 days.  That would be immediate.
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  • Daisygirl613Daisygirl613 member

    I are with pp.  he is old enough to understand and remember what happened yesterday.  Just keep talking to him about it.

     

    its funny...Jax came home with his library book from school on stealing and that would be a great example of taking what is not yours...  

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  • traneshaphtraneshaph member

    imageebearwife:
    I think you should still withhold dessert anyway.  Remind him about what he did and tell him that no dessert is his punishment for lying and not eating his dinner.  Tell him there is absolutely no dessert without a clean plate on any night.  Next time, put his favorite movie (or toy, etc) on the high shelf and tell him its on time out for 1-2 days.  That would be immediate.

     THIS! Definitely agree.

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