8-Year-Old With Classroom Problems

Dear Kristin, I have several Certified Positive Discipline Associates who help me asnwer questions. If you read any of the Positive Discipline books, you will find that we don’t advocate punishment of any kind. Rather we use methods that are respectful and designed to teach life skills that help children develop good character. Christine Haymond has done an excellent job (to follow) of respectfully answering your question. Jane Nelsen

School Problems

Q. My eight year old is having some difficulties completing school work, staying focused, and talking at inappropriate times. She is very bright, kind, and tries to always be helpful. Her 2nd grade class has cards that they use to let parent’s know how the child’s day was. The students are told when to change their cards after they have been warned a few times to behave appropriately.

Green – good day (very few warnings)
Blue – Not good (few warning and must turn card)
Yellow – Time out 5 minutes
Orange – go to another class, time out 10 minutes
Red – time out and must write what they did to get to this point and what the resolution to this behavior is, and warning after that involve parent contact and principal contact.