Kids!! cant live with out em'...cant live with em'

[K-T7]

Is it just me or are kids just totally off the rails with boredom this summer.even though they have way more then I EVER did as a child, and the killing and fighting of siblings is sending me to the loony bin!!!!....any one have any suggestions, apart from beat em', strap em' to a tree, or sell them on the black market?..(even though i here they pay nice for blondes!!!! )

 

[hborror]

Omg

 

[Tigerlily]

Give them lots and lots of chores. Tell them every time they fight or bicker they get more.

 

[kwillia]

Is it just me or are kids just totally off the rails with boredom this summer.even though they have way more then I EVER did as a child, and the killing and fighting of siblings is sending me to the loony bin!!!!....any one have any suggestions, apart from beat em', strap em' to a tree, or sell them on the black market?..(even though i here they pay nice for blondes!!!! )

Mine have a standard check list they need to get through before I arrive home from work. Each has their own specific household chores they are responsible for, each must spend an hour in the home gym, each must spend an hour working in their "summer bridges" workbook. They can spend the rest of the time doing pretty much what they please.

It's been working out quite nicely...:shrug:

 

[K-T7]

see thats the thing..they are EVEN fighting over the chores.like right now!!! they are cleaning their rooms.and they are fighting!!...he made the mess/she made this mess/he threw that back in my room

 

[kwillia]

see thats the thing..they are EVEN fighting over the chores.like right now!!! they are cleaning their rooms.and they are fighting!!...he made the mess/she made this mess/he threw that back in my room

Time to introduce Mister Trash Can to the picture. Tell them if they can't knock it off and each clean their own room without trashing the others... items will start going in the trash can. Then stick to it... be sure to throw something away, even if it's valuable... and don't let it come back out of the trash... it will get their attention quick. 2nd step will be to head into a room like a mad woman and start filling Mister Trash Can yourself... and you have to follow thru that what goes in the can stays in the can... that really gets their attention...

 

[Tina2001aniT]

Time to introduce Mister Trash Can to the picture. Tell them if they can't knock it off and each clean their own room without trashing the others... items will start going in the trash can. Then stick to it... be sure to throw something away, even if it's valuable... and don't let it come back out of the trash... it will get their attention quick. 2nd step will be to head into a room like a mad woman and start filling Mister Trash Can yourself... and you have to follow thru that what goes in the can stays in the can... that really gets their attention...

I have had to do that a few times, and I swear I hate doing that, it makes me feel so bad...........

 

[K-T7]

Sad thing is I have done 3 times in our 3 different houses...it was so bad one time.one of their friends asked why my daughter didnt have any toy's!!!lol...I said "because she wouldnt look after the ones she had".....the little girl looked at me and said that is mean!!! needles to say she hasnt played with my little girl again!!!!lol
I think I have tried every trick in the book..and now I am running against the wall

 

[K-T7]

bad thing is we have a 3 bedroom house....so the 2 boys share and the 2 girls share!!!!!!!and needless to say....with the beds in their(bunks) you still cant swing a cat(no offense to cat lovers!!)lol

 

[MysticalMom]

Give them lots and lots of chores. Tell them every time they fight or bicker they get more.

GMTA.

My kids have too much to do around here to complain about being bored and fighting and bickering.

And if they dare complain...I just tell them that if they're bored there's plenty of work to do around here. Shuts them right up.

 

[Pandora]

Give them lots and lots of chores. Tell them every time they fight or bicker they get more.

Oh, then they are tired.....

Mom, I'm so tired. I think I have a headache. Oh my head.

Off to bed and out of my hair.

 

[K-T7]

Oh, then they are tired.....

Mom, I'm so tired. I think I have a headache. Oh my head.

Off to bed and out of my hair.

LOL...yeah I say here...take some tylenol and off to bed with you!!!!lol

Thanks everyone for letting me know I am not alone, my kids arent so bad, I love em' all to death, but sometimes I feel like just jumping off the cliff!!!!
After yesterday my 10 year old daughter wrote me a letter, saying how much she loved me and I was the best mum in the world, and she thinks she has a great childhood, because she has alot of love from her mummy!!.it made me cry!