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Filed under: Development/Milestones: Babies
It's often difficult with two children to get them
both behaving well at the same time. If one is an angel, the other is a terror. But I think I've finally found a system
that works and I've been using it all week. It has made my life so much simpler and it just involves a little bit of
harmless and self-esteem-boosting competition between the children. Now, when one of them is being bad, I tell him or
her very matter-of-factly how much better their sibling is behaving. For example, if my daughter is using a napkin and
the boy wipes his mouth on his sleeve, I'll say something like, "You shouldn't wipe your mouth on your sleeve.
Your sister isn't wiping her mouth on her sleeve. See how good she is?"To go along with this, I've created a chart which I hang in the kitchen where everyone can see it. It has both of their names on it and a set of 10 stars. Whenever I correct one of the children in this way, I take away one of his or her stars and put it under the other child's name. It's a great visual indicator of how good or bad they are that day.
The darlings have both been on their best behavior all week trying to "out do" each other! And it works great for everything from school work to sports to putting away toys. Let me know if you give it a try -- I'd love to hear your success stories.
(P.S. -- Happy April Fool's Day!)
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-01-2006 @ 5:14PM
momma2mingbu said...Sounds like a way to promote sibling rivalry to me. I
hope it doesn't end up backfiring and biting you on the behind. I know *I* would certainly hate being told how much better someone else was than me. You'll be lucky if this doesn't breed resentment and bad
feelings.
Please...somebody shout "April Fools!" on this one too.
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4-01-2006 @ 5:37PM
Meredith said...I say you start the Sibling Fight Club. Screw the moms, screw the teens...this is where physical activity needs to start!
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4-01-2006 @ 5:43PM
ann adams said...On careful reflection, I've decided to believe nothing I read here today except, possibly, some of the comments.
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4-01-2006 @ 5:56PM
Bonnie said...I'm starting to get really sick of all the April Fools posts. It's after midnight in Europe so enough already.
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4-01-2006 @ 7:58PM
Mir said...Bonnie, I heard your sister was very amused by all of these posts. Also that she's a lot prettier than you.
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4-02-2006 @ 1:11AM
nikisma said...Hahahahahahaha! Now this is FUNNY!
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