How to teach kids value of items?

Mojisola

Agutka wrote: »

I don't mind people being erm...honest. I get it in real life a lot. I was always more relaxed than many mums. Not really working now when they need routines and immediate discipline.

Life is much better when I spend all my time with them.

I think it's a shame that women are generally expected to be a good parent just because they are women. Such expectations stop mothers asking for help because they feel they are magically supposed to know how to parent.

I had a friend who was a wonderful teacher but she couldn't cope with her own two little boys at home full time. Her talents lay elsewhere and I thought she was very wise to admit it and arrange other care for the children.

Some people can cope with babies and children at certain ages and really struggle with them at other times.

Don't think that you are bad - you may not have the skills necessary to deal with them at the moment but you may be the most wonderful parent when they are a bit older. It would make your life easier if you can learn some techniques to handle the current unwanted behaviour and teach them where the boundaries lie.

Dark_Star

Have a nice strong cup of tea (or coffee) then...

Move all toiletries out of reach (bathroom will be less exciting then) or get a cheapo bathroom cupboard out of reach...Is it possible to keep the bathroom door shut & make them ASK for the bathroom? Then watch like a hawk whilst in there. They'll get bored of that eventually.

Do you have a table they can eat at? Also use an old plastic shower curtain as a drop cloth. Food on the floor? Now on the drop cloth & shaken straight in the bin

Or have you thought of buying a set of kid sized table & chairs (Ikea etc). Sometimes this does work as it's THEIR table & thus more tempting to eat at. Even indulge them with a (plastic/pvc tablecloth ).

Outsmart the little devils. I'm not in the school of those who think all children are angels, I KNOW they have a cunning plan to annoy/aggravate/deprive you of sleep/sanity whilst projecting this image of do-gooding. :rotfl:

Hope that helps.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

The one thing that 5 year olds hate is being treated like a baby so if they behave like a baby then they need to understand that they will be treated like a baby. So remove all the nice things until they can show you that they are grown up enough to have them back.