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Obsessive? PART 2

loulabell

Hiya guys n gals

Just a quicky, i mentioned earlier in a post about my son being obsessed with watching clips of computer games on youtube, i got some GREAT advice so thanks for that.

My question is...

Would keeping him from the computer (as a punishment) result in him being unable to sleep?

My sons never been a great sleeper, most nights its 3-4 hours. On Monday morning he was told that he would not be allowed on the computer because he has been incredibly naughty. I told him he could not have the computer for the full day.

This in itself didnt cause too much problems, he was grumpy and mentioned it often but no real dramas but that night he didnt sleep a wink!! 

I gave up trying to get him to sleep by 3.30am and left him to watch his telly as he was getting aggitated with me trying to make him sleep. He sat and watched the advertising shows about the shark steam mop (i got a FULL discription as to what it does and how it works, it was fasinating to see how much he had picked up)

Could his lack of sleep be due to the fact he hadnt had his FIX?

I did quiz him after school on tuesday to see if there was anything bothering him, there was nothing. 

I was just wondering is all, any info you have would be great :) thanks in advance 

Lou 

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  • I don't know about the sleep question, but, whatever he was punished for, it probably won't have worked, and he's just as likely to do whatever it was again as he was before the punishment.

    This is because, and this is a generalisation, btw, we, on the spectrum, usually don't respond to punishment.

    We do respond to reward, however.

    And logic - so if you were able to explain to him logically why he shouldn't do whatever it was, then that may have worked.

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  • I don't know about the sleep question, but, whatever he was punished for, it probably won't have worked, and he's just as likely to do whatever it was again as he was before the punishment.

    This is because, and this is a generalisation, btw, we, on the spectrum, usually don't respond to punishment.

    We do respond to reward, however.

    And logic - so if you were able to explain to him logically why he shouldn't do whatever it was, then that may have worked.

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