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So everyday you designate a “Kid of the day” and that kid gets to pick. What do I mean by pick? Do your kids get into fights? Do your kids fight over toys? Who gets to sit where? What do we want to have for dinner? Who needs to stop singing because it is bugging me? You get the idea. I often times feel like a referee in my own home by trying to manage and figure out who gets what or who gets to win the fight. I often times will let the kids work our their own arguments and in fact I will often times charge them a dollar if they want me to work it out for them. They will usually opt to figure it out for them selves. Kids want someone else to make the decision and I feel like what I am put in the position to decide who gets to sit where or who gets what color of sucker that the kids can feel like I am favoring one child over another even though I have no intention to do so. This is why I loved this idea that my friend had. To eliminate having to pick who had the toy first etc. The answers is...well who is the KID OF THE DAY!! They get to pick. If you are the one singing and it is bugging someone well sing on, if you want to sit by the baby in the car then go right ahead.
She said that is has become such a wonderful routine in their home that they do not even question it. They know that when it is their day they will get to choose so the fighting has stopped. Or at least it stops shortly after it starts. How awesome not to have to be the bad guy or referee and just get to enjoy the kids. We are going to try this in our home! We are going to change it up a bit and try “Kid of the Week.” We change chores every week so whoever has dishes for the week, the job everyone hates including me, will get to be Kid of the Week.
So everyday you designate a “Kid of the day” and that kid gets to pick. What do I mean by pick? Do your kids get into fights? Do your kids fight over toys? Who gets to sit where? What do we want to have for dinner? Who needs to stop singing because it is bugging me? You get the idea. I often times feel like a referee in my own home by trying to manage and figure out who gets what or who gets to win the fight. I often times will let the kids work our their own arguments and in fact I will often times charge them a dollar if they want me to work it out for them. They will usually opt to figure it out for them selves. Kids want someone else to make the decision and I feel like what I am put in the position to decide who gets to sit where or who gets what color of sucker that the kids can feel like I am favoring one child over another even though I have no intention to do so. This is why I loved this idea that my friend had. To eliminate having to pick who had the toy first etc. The answers is...well who is the KID OF THE DAY!! They get to pick. If you are the one singing and it is bugging someone well sing on, if you want to sit by the baby in the car then go right ahead.
She said that is has become such a wonderful routine in their home that they do not even question it. They know that when it is their day they will get to choose so the fighting has stopped. Or at least it stops shortly after it starts. How awesome not to have to be the bad guy or referee and just get to enjoy the kids. We are going to try this in our home! We are going to change it up a bit and try “Kid of the Week.” We change chores every week so whoever has dishes for the week, the job everyone hates including me, will get to be Kid of the Week.
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