{"items": [{"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771389367402", "anchor": "fb-771389367402", "service": "fb", "text": "A friend of mine used the \"set a timer\" rule for her son at the same age. If it was time to go to bed, he would say \"no\" she would say \"how about we set a timer\" (for 1 minute on her phone), and he would press the start button and would be much more accepting of bedtime at the alarm.", "timestamp": "1455568695"}, {"author": "Nicolas", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771389367402&reply_comment_id=771396333442", "anchor": "fb-771389367402_771396333442", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;The timer helps us as well, especially for ending quiet playtime at night. Though he has told me he's setting a timer for when I have to stop working. :oD", "timestamp": "1455572925"}, {"author": "Alexander", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771390006122", "anchor": "fb-771390006122", "service": "fb", "text": "Denise. I find this works with Philomena quite well.", "timestamp": "1455569165"}, {"author": "David&nbsp;German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1455574162376", "service": "gp", "text": "Stuart Diamond's book \"Getting More\" has a few pages on parenting that mention this technique.  You could think of it as a deal based on differences in temporal discounting.  With older kids, he suggests conceding something they want today (e.g. unlimited candy for breakfast) in exchange for a documented promise never to ask for it again.\n<br>\n<br>\nI don't know whether a business professor should be considered a solid source of parenting wisdom, but there you go.  I've found other advice in the book to be useful.", "timestamp": 1455574162}, {"author": "Luke", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/115294324243294509069", "anchor": "gp-1455579550304", "service": "gp", "text": "We have found \"one more\" to pretty useful, so n++\n<br>\n<br>\nThe other one we've had good luck with is \"first [x], then [y]\"; including a sign for \"then\" (we had to make one up, it looks like the call for traveling in basketball). I've even had success signing the \"first [x] then [y]\" while talking or singing.", "timestamp": 1455579550}, {"author": "Lucinda", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771422221562", "anchor": "fb-771422221562", "service": "fb", "text": "You're a good, insightful papa.", "timestamp": "1455585146"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1455619588716", "service": "gp", "text": "@Luke\n\u00a0Yes, \"first X then Y\" has worked well for us too.", "timestamp": 1455619588}, {"author": "Sarah", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771522360882", "anchor": "fb-771522360882", "service": "fb", "text": "yes! In my previous classroom (2.9-6), we had a \"daily schedule\" of laminated clocks with the hands drawn in, labeled for each transition: arrival, snack, recess, lunch, nap, etc. It was placed near the actual clock so that the children could check for themselves and have an expectation of the routine independently of an adult randomly breaking up their concentration.", "timestamp": "1455655219"}, {"author": "Cecile", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/771386672802?comment_id=771523139322", "anchor": "fb-771523139322", "service": "fb", "text": "I nannied a kid who had extra trouble task switching and a series of countdown warnings helped a lot (5 minutes until it's time to stop, 2 minutes, 1 minute)", "timestamp": "1455655836"}]}