Cardio Kick Boxing

So, dear darling son is really struggling at school. He keeps being disrespectful to the point he has to be removed from his kindergarten classroom. Three times today. Ugh. At home, I've followed up with time out until the behavior improves. Dr. Phil keeps popping in my head. He once (or maybe often) said that we only do what works. Well, I decided today when the behavior went from one behavior flag yesterday to three today, life must be working fine for my son because he is not motivated to change. So, I applied the John Rosemund technique of kicking my boy out of the Garden of Eden. I went into his room and took out all his toys. I left some books. When he came home and saw his room he flew into a rage and started beating the door with, of all things, a book! So I cleared those out too, along with everything else that seemed destructible. I wasn't successful. He destroyed his bedside table and ripped up photos from his bulletin board (these have now been removed). This was not the worst temper tantrum ever. He's done this before. What was different this time, however, was me. I was super calm. I attribute that to the fact that I did my Turbo Jam cardio kickboxing routine before picking up the kids. As I kicked and punched, I felt powerful (the girls called me the Momanator at supper - I like it). I decided that we are not going to be held hostage my son's behavior. I will do everything in my power to make sure it's not manipulative, bratty, obnoxious behavior. And at the same time, we'll work with our behavior specialist and hopefully soon a therapist. We do have choices and he WILL IMPROVE. Or, he may be grounded in his increasingly empty bedroom for a long time. As for me, I'm going to keep doing my kickboxing. I'm going to stay super calm. Momanator to the rescue!