Consequences

This actually happened awhile back, but I keep forgetting to blog it.

In conversation with Minky's psychologist, we decided to become more and more clear about consequences. When something great happened, we'd point out how it was a positive consequence from a good decision or action. When something crummy happened, we'd point out the situation that precipitated it. The week went on and we weren't sure if all our talk of consequences was sinking in.

Then I saw Minky out on the porch hanging around the mailbox. Something seemed a little off. I went to see what he was up to. The cat was locked in the mailbox. Yes, you read that correctly.

When I asked what was going on, Minky said that he had tried to pick the cat up and the cat growled at him using "a bad tone of voice and naughty sounding cat words." He thought that the cat needed a consequence.