A Little Behavior Modification

Lately a certain little someone in our household has really been acting like a terrible two year old, and no, I'm not talking about Cory. Joshua's behavior has been a quite a bit less than favorable. In turn he's been learning some hard life lessons in the past few weeks , specifically that there are consequences, like them or not, for his behavior. This is nothing new to him as I have been using Love and Logic with him since his very first misbehavior. However, with the behaviors we've seen this week we've needed to give Joshua more of a visual to help with his disciplining. So, we started a nifty little behavior chart (a lovely little form of behavior modification). I happened to purchase a great magnetic chart back a few months ago at a Scholastic sale thinking it would be great to have on hand. Sure enough, it has come in handy this week. We did have to make a few of our own magnets though since the chart is geared toward older kids. We began the chart on Wednesday after I'd finally had enough. He is doing better than he was the previous days without the chart and right now getting to put magnets on his chart is reward enough for him. We'll see if this continues. Oh the fun of the terrible twos!