Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Blaa kind of day
Well today was one of those rough days where things just seem to go bad all day long. I was very tired and so I had very little motivation today. Not even Coffee could make this better. My children and I were planning on a park day today with some friends but the weather wouldn't cooperate. Bummer! So all day long I hear "mom can we please go to the park?" So in turn I had to deal with bad attitudes from my two older children all day. It got so bad I had to take drastic measures. "OK" I said, "Mommy is Done" You are both going to do chores untill your attitudes get better. So They worked for about 45 minutes. After that they were great. Is that a bad idea. I want my children to like to work. I don't want it to be a punishment. I want them to be willing to step in and lend a hand where needed. Yet when Adam and Eve sinned their punishment was work and harships in their lives, along with everone who follows in their footsteps. So let me know what you think. What works for your family when your kids seem to be driving each other crazy all day.
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We have chores that they do just because they are part of the family and we are a team. I also add chores for punishment. I tell them if they dont do their regular chores joyfully then they must need extra practice (most of our bad attitudes is with chores) or if they have time to fight they have time to clean. I tell them that their bad attitudes are giving me a bad attitude and I need a time out and they will have to cover for me by taking over whatever chores I would be doing at that time. I love your Adam and Eve analogy, I am going to borrow that for our bible stidy next week! You are a great mom, we all have bad days :)
ReplyDeleteWe all have blaa days. Sounds to me like you're doing well with your kids. I use work to settle down the grouchies too. :)
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