Badness

Well, the boy is parked in his bedroom for 24 hours. He reset to another full 24 hours at 10:30 this morning because he was banging on the walls. Thanks very much, Dr. Dan, for telling Evan about your disciplinary plan for him when he was going to be home for a full nine days. Dr. Dan is not very high on my list of people I like right now after he introduced his system to Evan along with the issuance of a parental challenge to "make it work" without any warning to us that he would be doing so. Better still, we actually pay Dr. Dan to be a pain in the rear.

Dr. Dan's brilliant plan involves a "Level System" where the boy forfeits any time with friends including phone privileges when he gets put on level one. Level two is where electronics go away. Level three involves Evan hanging out alone in his bedroom except for potty breaks, bathing, meals, church, and any exceptions granted by Mom & Dad like school or a doctor's appointment. Evan is put "on a level" for any behavior, words, or expressions that are deemed disrespectful. He remains on the level for 24 hours. If he has a separate incident, we either reset him to another full 24 hour period at the time the incident ends at the level, or we can bump him to the next level.

Dr. Dan's plan is based on the methods used in the mental health hospital setting. It works. Of course, in the hospital setting there are lucid adults who are not personally involved or invested in the kids available 24 hours a day (secure in the knowledge that another shift will arrive to relieve them every 8-12 hours).