Hi! I need some help. My daughter who is 10 has been put into the Boston Brace about a month ago. When she saw the X-rays of her back before and the ones with her brace on, she was amazed and so were her Dad and I. But she got sick and we allowed her to take it off for a couple of days because she was vomiting, etc.
Now she's trying to come up with a lot of excuses not to wear the brace. I feel awful because I feel like I'm being such a mean Mother for insisting she wear it.
She's not having problems at school with kids teasing her or anything. All our family members are supportive so I know this isn't the issue. It's just that she doesn't want to wear it! The thought of bribing her passed through my mind, but that's not something I want to do especially since she's supposed to be in the brace for 23 hours a day....that could get expensive.
I'm just at a loss of what to do about this. Do you discipline your child for something that they and yourself already feel is an undeserved punishment??
Now she's trying to come up with a lot of excuses not to wear the brace. I feel awful because I feel like I'm being such a mean Mother for insisting she wear it.
She's not having problems at school with kids teasing her or anything. All our family members are supportive so I know this isn't the issue. It's just that she doesn't want to wear it! The thought of bribing her passed through my mind, but that's not something I want to do especially since she's supposed to be in the brace for 23 hours a day....that could get expensive.
I'm just at a loss of what to do about this. Do you discipline your child for something that they and yourself already feel is an undeserved punishment??
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