A Picture Says A Thousand Words - An Update

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moby
on February 20, 2008
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Well, that didn’t go too well. Yesterday we tried out the picture recognition method to very little success. When I stopped the car at the car park at Ajab’s school, he immediately knew what was going on and refused to kiss me goodbye. His protests turned into crying and then screaming, kicking the already foot-printed dashboard of my car.

Trin had to drag him out of the car and that’s when the trashing and rolling about started. Attempts at calming him down by holding him still worked for two seconds because as soon as I let him go and got up from his eye level, he started his tantrums again.

It was a choice of staying put and letting him calm down which would have taken an eternity (we were already late for class) or firmly telling him to stop his tantrum, hold his hand and lead him to class immediately, which Trin did. All along the corridor he was screaming and kept looking back at me.

We don’t really know whether it’s me or the car he’s more attached to. I suppose it’s the car because previously when Trin accompanied him by taxi, he didn’t behave as badly. So tomorrow when it’s Trin’s turn to take him to class again, the teacher will be at the porch to observe his tantrums and hopefully offer a more effective solution. She suggested I turn off the ignition when I stop the car as a cue to him that driving time is over and that he has to get out of the car. I think that shouldn’t be a problem. I’m predicting he’ll start his tantrums as soon as I turn to leave.

We’ll see what happens tomorrow.

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