tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476057407834260026.post3614429715497938992..comments2023-07-07T04:06:52.653-05:00Comments on Gabby Gwenhwyfar: Is this the line for eating my words?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15568529902002209385noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476057407834260026.post-90887919553773054102007-12-28T15:49:00.000-06:002007-12-28T15:49:00.000-06:00One of my favorite mothering books offers some adv...One of my favorite mothering books offers some advice I try to keep in mind in these situations. Each time our children do not live up to our expectations, it is simply another opportunity to train them in the way they should go. I am blessed to have the opportunity to train them and try to remember that when I want to blow my top! Not always easy advice to adhere to, but very true.<BR/><BR/>I pray your piano playing goes well on Sunday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476057407834260026.post-82903127635250374442007-12-28T15:22:00.000-06:002007-12-28T15:22:00.000-06:00(((Jennifer)))this is why you should let them play...(((Jennifer)))<BR/><BR/>this is why you should let them play light sabers while you play Scrabble online with me *giggle*<BR/><BR/>really, though, i've been reading a great book and she speaks to this...God is continually training us, we do not perform perfectly the first time and He does indeed keep an eye upon us always ;-) please don't beat yourself up over this...continue on your plan of "no work no play" till it sinks in, and then joyfully go about the fun and the chore<BR/><BR/>that book, BTW, is "A Mother's Rule of LIfe" by Holley PierlotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476057407834260026.post-24604879328013218172007-12-28T12:19:00.000-06:002007-12-28T12:19:00.000-06:00OK, so I can totally relate. My two boys, 9 and 7...OK, so I can totally relate. My two boys, 9 and 7 do not work well together. My 5 year old girls is the boss of all the girls, so if they follow, things get done. If not, she gets frustrated, not that I know where that comes from. :lol:<BR/><BR/>What I have found works the best is to give them each a task and have them work hard to complete it and when the complete it they come and report to me. Then they get assigned their next task. When they do a good job, I make a big deal out of it and usually give a privilege, such as computer time or a special treat after lunch. <BR/><BR/>The key for me is that they get overwhelmed with, "clean the kitchen" and quite honestly, so do I, so I try to break it down into simpler steps. Do you have a check off list for them to check off as they do it. They'd probably love that. <BR/><BR/>In all honestly however, today I cleaned the kitchen with the girls because they would never be able to stay focussed long enough to do it themselves. <BR/><BR/>Know that you are not alone Jennifer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com