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again with the electronic gadgets…

David got caught with one of his brother’s DSi’s again. You would think that he would learn. But there is a hidden compulsion that drives him to take these things. It is most frustrating that over and over again we tell him he can’t do that, and he does it anyway. “I don’t know how it got in my bed…” he says. We have tried to reward him on days when he doesn’t take anything, and we have tried to take things away when he gets caught, but nothing works. Now some people are of a mind to say: spank him…Well, I don’t know you, but I think we could spank him until your hand hurt, and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference to him. No, we don’t beat him or anything like that. That would make no sense. So he gets what ever taken away, and he

Keys, Keys, where are the Keys?

David, demands attention. If you don’t give it to him, he will do something negative. What is the definition of negative? Theft. Yelling. Lies. those kinds of things. Yesterday a set of mom’s keys went missing. David cried about how he didn’t take them, and how we should believe him just this one time. I then went through his room. I found: My “Harley Fund” coin bank. Mom’s confirmation medallion. a check made out to his brother for five dollars from another person. (His brother’s name was crossed out, and David wrote his own name in its place.) scissors food boxes and cans. knives. a telephone I didn’t find the keys. Eventually, David said he would help look for them. I granted him amnesty if he would just give them back. All of a sudden he remembered seeing them in a clothes basket upstairs. So we went to see if

hoarding of electronic gadgets

David has compulsion with electronic items. No small electronic gadgets are safe. Remote controls, cell phones, DSi’s, if he can carry it, he will take it. Very frustrating for the rest of the family. So now, when something goes missing, guess who is the first one blamed? How do you deal with hoarding? Tweet #fighting4answrs