I LOVE that response doubtfulguest!! Truly a classic! Thanks for sharing it. I read it to my son and he laughed and said "good defense system!"
Hooray! Nothing like SEEING how much glasses were needed. I was able to start contacts by 5th grade at 11yrs old and they were even better in addition to slowing the rapid change in my sight every year. Most likely I could have started them in 3rd grade but those around me thought 5th was incredibly young already.
About the "new prop" for problems....My son's prism glasses make a phenomenal improvement in behavior for him. He's a much more resilient and flexible kid when he wears them. BUT he can see without them so he was very on and off about them. We finally added it to his Chore Chart App on the ipad and incentivized it enough that he is wearing them all day everyday now and everyone wins. He is so delightfully more himself when he wears them.
I plan to wean down the points for wearing them as the habit gets more ingrained.
Slightly off topic...We LOVE our Chore Chart HD app and have put many motivating award options for our child like: go to the park, go to library, get a donut, dinner at his favorite restaurant, free app he wants, $2 or less App, etc. It costs us very little and he gets LOTS of motivation from the awards as well as the stars and trophies provided on the chart. It provides lots of control to assign, unassign, modify, give bonus and penalty stars. It's been wildly helpful in reinforcing positive behaviors we want to increase. Anything can be given as a task on his chart and he gets to personalize it with icons and backgrounds. We use it for specific social behaviors we want in varied situations in addition to typical chores. Truly a great parenting tool for us.
