I realize they may be young. I realize a million little psych and other things that can come into play. What I don't get is this: You give a kid an order. It may be "Please be quiet" or "STOP HITTING THE CAT WITH THE SPATULA!!" This person, however young, has learned the english language and is able to comprehend speech. There's no mental or emotional problems. He's not deaf. There is no reason he cannot process the information in the sentence "Put the steak knife down." You can even throw in a consequence! "Put the steak knife down or I will punish you."
And even that doesn't work. What is wrong here? One could argue I'm not asking the right way, but fuck that. Kids are supposed to do as they are told, and that's that. And even if that's the wrong attitude, the fact is that it was put in very simple terms. "Do X, or Y will happen." I don't use big words or ramble or babble or anything. It's really friggin simple. Yet I might as well be talking to a brick wall. Even after the punishment has been dealt, they're right back at it. Did we not learn anything? What is so friggin difficult here? I'm not asking him to solve an algebra problem or even to deal with a majorly important thing. "Do X/Stop X, or Y will happen."
Why does it have to be so hard!?!??
And even that doesn't work. What is wrong here? One could argue I'm not asking the right way, but fuck that. Kids are supposed to do as they are told, and that's that. And even if that's the wrong attitude, the fact is that it was put in very simple terms. "Do X, or Y will happen." I don't use big words or ramble or babble or anything. It's really friggin simple. Yet I might as well be talking to a brick wall. Even after the punishment has been dealt, they're right back at it. Did we not learn anything? What is so friggin difficult here? I'm not asking him to solve an algebra problem or even to deal with a majorly important thing. "Do X/Stop X, or Y will happen."
Why does it have to be so hard!?!??
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