I'm practicing this summer with my own children before my debut with my 2nd graders in 2 weeks! It worked with my "aggressive researcher" daughter who is 4 1/2. She is used to my inconsistency (she is gifted and often wins arguements with me, or guilts me out of consequences..drama queen). In lieu of fear of punishments, I started timing her cleaning up at night before bath (hence Fred Jones' bedtime story example). She has a half hour to clean up, and take a bath. So if she spends 15 minutes cleaning up, then she only gets a 15-minute bath. It works like a charm. Last night, she cleaned her entire room in less than 5 minutes! Tonight I didn't use it because her brother and her tore apart her room and so I knew it would take about an hour to clean up. Her 2-year-old brother had cleaned up most of the room very quickly while she kept dawdling. NOTHING worked. I was so tired that I skipped the bath tonight, and we won't do that again! So our own PAT time has worked with her on many occasions so far. Thank you!