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Parenting and Children on the Farm
Child with ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) - could it be?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7859323" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>I was loosely associated to Dartington Hall many years ago which had some very progressive ideas and occasionally spectacular success with difficult kids. I remember hearing about one with similar problems to the OPs. </p><p></p><p>Apparently, he was interested in pigs so they put him on the college pig farm and after a brief introduction made him responsible for a pen of pigs. So far, so good. Next thing, they had him responsible for feeding "his' pigs which involved calculating how much feed they needed. From that developed the need to buy the food, calculate their requirements, measure rates of growth, etc., etc. It was then explained to him that perhaps going to maths class would be beneficial. Anyway, you get the drift.</p><p></p><p>Another teacher mentioned in passing that if you want people to be responsible, you have to give them responsibility. It is something most of us come to realise as we mature. Force doesn't really work. Anyway, I thought I'd mention it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7859323, member: 4505"] I was loosely associated to Dartington Hall many years ago which had some very progressive ideas and occasionally spectacular success with difficult kids. I remember hearing about one with similar problems to the OPs. Apparently, he was interested in pigs so they put him on the college pig farm and after a brief introduction made him responsible for a pen of pigs. So far, so good. Next thing, they had him responsible for feeding "his' pigs which involved calculating how much feed they needed. From that developed the need to buy the food, calculate their requirements, measure rates of growth, etc., etc. It was then explained to him that perhaps going to maths class would be beneficial. Anyway, you get the drift. Another teacher mentioned in passing that if you want people to be responsible, you have to give them responsibility. It is something most of us come to realise as we mature. Force doesn't really work. Anyway, I thought I'd mention it. [/QUOTE]
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