Category: Parenting

Ticket system helps kids track their own TV and game time

Found this on parenthacks:

I got tired of being the boss of when my kids (three and five) could watch videos and DVDs. I also wanted to help them learn to make choices about media consumption while they’re still young. So I decided to set up a ticket system.

Every Friday, they each get tickets (purple for one kid, green for the other) that can be redeemed for ½ hour of TV time.

See full article. And this post helpfully gives designs so that you can create the tickets yourself on your printer.

I am tempted to try it out, but I think that my kids might be a little too young for this.

‘Toy library’ promotes cleanup AND creativity

Your kids have too many toys? House is cluttered all the time? Maybe it is time to implement a toy library. This is a shelf in the corner of your house where the bulk of the toys sit, and your kids only get to check out a few toys at a time. Want another toy? Return something first! There are a bunch of interesting ideas in this post at parenthacks. Including:

Additional functions of the toy library:

1) Toy timeout home. When toys are left on the floor after cleanup time, they go to the library for time out. […] If you want a toy to remain available, it has to be put away.

See full article.

Do Bachchon Ki Ma: Patch, the dog – I mean – Patch, the baby

The Mad Momma has this heart-breaking post about dealing with her baby’s medical problems. Very nicely written.

We took her home with the prescribed medication and sat down to bathe her, moisturise her and apply the medication. And the Brat came along and kept kissing her – big, wet open mouthed kisses all over her body, ingesting the ointment. I tried to stop him and gave up. Let him love his little Beanie baby as much as he wants.

Worth reading, if for nothing other than to just see how well she captures the anguish she feels.

Source: desicritics.