sticker charts for tantrums and generally nasty behaviour

[eastendgirl]

Have a friend who is trying this, has anybody tried this successfully?

i Have used one on DD1 since she was two, she is now three. She understands it i started of putting a sat on when good or if we had been out and she was good i have just started taking stickers off when needed. The first time a sticker came off she cried for about 10mins. I think i have only ever had to take a sticker off twice since she gets one warning then a sticker comes off.
DD2 has just got a sticker chart but she doesn't fully understand it yet

DS doesnt get it at all, either that or he just doesnt care.

Counting is my weapon. Just the warning that I am going to start counting is enough.

I was sceptical....anyone else has had been successfull with this?

I think it can be very useful for some, although funnily enough, I dont know anyone in RL who has used them.

Im sure there will be some more success stories on here.

merda! "has been successfull..." my English is very dodgy indeed today....

They've been very successful with dd (nearly 4) for a year or so - I've used them when there is a phase of particularly difficult behaviour rather than regularly, and they've been so successful that we have only ever needed to use them for a few days at a time. It has been used for general rubbishness getting dressed, going to bed etc. and more recently she started wetting herself and she got a sticker for every half day she stayed dry - 10 stickers = a Scissor Sisters cd! We started on the next row and she wanted Barbie Girl - but she has stopped peeing and forgotten about it now thankfully! I just hand draw the charts and use whatever stickers she has around. I used to draw a sad face instead when she kicked off before going to nursery, bed, bath etc. and she hated that. She could then cover the sad face with a sticker when she had done whatever it was she was supposed to do. HTH.