Archive for January 15th, 2005

Dungeons and Dragons

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Dad reports:
Tonight we played D&D with Tommy’s friend and his friend’s sister. His friend’s dad was the DM. Much fun was had by all. Tommy laughed manically for much of the last 1 ½ to 2 hours but everyone put up with him. Most of that time was spent with him saying, “I cut open the belly of the beast to see what’s in it.” DM, “you find rats.” Tommy, “ok, I cut open the bellies of the rats.” (manic laughter) Or “I run away and climb a tree then shoot my bow into the crowd. I hope I hit the monster and not my friends.” (manic laughter) “I swing my sword at anything that moves.” (manic laughter) During a battle when one player is about to die, “I spin in circles.” (manic laughter)

I decided not to lecture or fuss at Tommy and just let him enjoy. Let him have happiness and maybe he will decide he likes that better than anger.

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Nothing motivates Tommy

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Dad reports:
Tommy was at his grandparents last night and today. It took them 2 hours to get him off the video game. He kept saying, “I just need to make the next level to save.” They asked his little brother if he knew how to save and he replied, “no but I know how to turn it off!”

He argued getting in the bath then argued getting out. No amount of encouragement seems to help. When told that he was going to get to play D&D with his friend tonight he got excited but did not rush his bath and returned to the bed after getting out of the bath.

No amount of negative nor positive reinforcement motivates Tommy right now.

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