HI DANIELLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND ADVICE. I WROTE THAT HELP COLUM OVER A YEAR AGO AND SINCE THEN MY SON'S BEHAVIOR HAS DEFINATELY IMPROVED. HE HAS HIS COCKY/MOUTHY MOMENTS BUT ALL KIDS DO THAT AT SONE POINT. HE IS NOW 8. HE IS SO PLEASANT IN THE MORNING WHICH IS A BIG CHANGE. MY SON IS VERY MONEY MOTIVATED SO OUR SYSTEM IS IF HE'S GOOD IN THE MORNING & THE EVENING HE GET'S $1.00 PER DAY PAID OUT AFTER 7 DAYS. IT WORKS WELL FOR HIM. HOMEWORK IS BECOMING EASIER ALSO. FOR SECOND GRADE THEY HAVE ALOT. A MATH LESSON VERY NIGHT, A BOOK REPORT BI-WEEKLY, THEN EVERY WEEK THEY HAVE TO DO 50 POINTS WORK OF WORK BASICALLY 1 HARDER ASSIGMENT FOR 50 POINTS OR 2 25 POINTS TO EQUAL 50 POINTS. FOR EXAMPLE ANTHONY HAS TO WRITE 8 QUESTIONS WHERE ONE OF HIS WORDS IS THE ANSWER. I DO CONSTANTLY HAVE TO REMIND HIM TO WRITE NEATER. HE LIKES IT WHEN I RATE HIS WRITING FROM 1-100 B/C IT GIVES HIM INSENTIVE. HE LOVES TO TALK & OFTEN IS STILL LOUD WHEN HE TALKS BUT HEY NOONE IS PERFECT. I WAS AT MY WIT'S END WHEN I PLACED THE INITIAL INFO ON HERE. I HAVE BEEN SEEING A GUY BY THE NAME OF JOHN FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS. I LIKE THAT JOHN DOES NOT LET ANTHONY GET AWAY WITH ANNOYING BEHAVIOR. LIKE JUMPING ON HIS BACK FOR A PIGGY BACK RIDE WITHOUT ASKING. I ALWAYS SAID IF THEY HAD A PILL FOR PATIENCE I WOULD TAKE IT. I DO NOT POSESS ALOT OF PATIENCE. ANY MORE ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE HELPFUL, THANKS FROM VANESSA