Ultimatums don't work? Try uncertainty

Sometimes I think that, more than writing or art or music, parenting is one of the most creative endeavors humans can engage in. Particularly when your child has special behavioral needs, you have to constantly be coming up with new ideas, tricks and techniques to charm your challenged one into doing what needs to be done. I've recently had some luck with a distracting technique to make ultimatums a bit more effective for my son. For years, the worst thing you could say to him was, "If you do that one more time, you'll be in trouble" -- he'd instantly do it, whether he wanted to or not. So now I've been trying something a little less ultimate, a little more uncertain, and it's working surprisingly well. Read "When Ultimatums Don't Work" and see if it might help you with your impulsive, stressed, or perseverating kiddo. Then share your latest creative parenting endeavor in the comments below.