The other day I was listening to your program when you talked about making kids hold hands when they started fighting. I told my daughter about it. She has two daughters (10 and 12 years) who fight constantly.
They were coming home from a trip the other day and the girls started misbehaving, so instead of yelling at them she decided to try the hand-holding method you described. Boy did it work. She even video recorded from her phone what was going on after they started holding hands - lots of drama, crying, but no more fighting and they held hands for the hour. They kept saying they didn't want to hold hands and she said they had misbehaved so that was the punishment.
She told the family what had happened and showed us the video and we all had a good laugh because these kids were a nightmare for the whole family. I had to take care of them for two days after this incident. When I picked them up, my daughter reminded them that if they did not behave, Nana was instructed to make them hold hands for an hour. They were just wonderful.
Keep up the good work Dr. Laura. You sure made a big difference for our family.
Nancy
