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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 434778" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I'm hoping someone has some creative answers, too... !</p><p> </p><p>Hmmm... its getting to the place around here that we are almost going to have to punish ourselves to teach the kids a lesson (and THEY think the world isn't fair?) - as in, completely stop buying chocolate - not even have it in the house. Trouble is, that would then also go for... dried fruit (raisins, etc.), nuts, chips, pop (really - I HAVE to have my cola), pudding mixes, jello powder, sugar (white or brown... they eat it right out of the container)... in other words, nothing sweet whatsoever. Its 75% one kid and 25% the other - so of course, the second kid really makes a stink when the first kid "takes it all".</p><p> </p><p>But some stuff, I can't do without. Money missing... that one, you'd better stomp on faster than a running elephant. That's not a food issue (the argument in our house about stealing food is that we don't feed the kids enough, so they are hungry... but I don't find them snitching carrots!). Stealing money is serious - and will escalate. We've slowly dropped back most of the "paper money theft", but I'm sick and tired of not having change for the parking meter! </p><p> </p><p>So far, the only hope we have for the summer is to either hope husband does NOT get a job (and can ride herd all summer), or that I find some way to keep them really, really busy from sun-up to sun-down so they are too tired to get into trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 434778, member: 11791"] I'm hoping someone has some creative answers, too... ! Hmmm... its getting to the place around here that we are almost going to have to punish ourselves to teach the kids a lesson (and THEY think the world isn't fair?) - as in, completely stop buying chocolate - not even have it in the house. Trouble is, that would then also go for... dried fruit (raisins, etc.), nuts, chips, pop (really - I HAVE to have my cola), pudding mixes, jello powder, sugar (white or brown... they eat it right out of the container)... in other words, nothing sweet whatsoever. Its 75% one kid and 25% the other - so of course, the second kid really makes a stink when the first kid "takes it all". But some stuff, I can't do without. Money missing... that one, you'd better stomp on faster than a running elephant. That's not a food issue (the argument in our house about stealing food is that we don't feed the kids enough, so they are hungry... but I don't find them snitching carrots!). Stealing money is serious - and will escalate. We've slowly dropped back most of the "paper money theft", but I'm sick and tired of not having change for the parking meter! So far, the only hope we have for the summer is to either hope husband does NOT get a job (and can ride herd all summer), or that I find some way to keep them really, really busy from sun-up to sun-down so they are too tired to get into trouble. [/QUOTE]
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