The three strategies on the guidance continuum that I think will be easy to implement are ignoring the behavior, redirection and distraction, and giving choices. Often the things children do are harmless but can be annoying. An example of this is when you're at the table eating lunch and they think it's fun to play throw the cup and ask mom to pick it up. At first you get it back, but the second and third time it gets boring. This is when I would use the behavior ignoring strategies. “This method is based on the learning theory that negative reinforcement will eventually cause the child to stop the unwanted behavior.” (136 Gordon, Browne) If they notice that you are ignoring what they are doing and you don't mind, the behavior will eventually stop. Every once in a while we have that one child who always wants to get into things that we don't want them to do like with my grandmother. When we were younger, we always wanted to play with his pretty glass decorations. We knew we weren't supposed to play with them, but we did it when she wasn't looking. With me one...