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A game of Wii gone bad
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 372278" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Argh! Sounds familiar!</p><p> </p><p>When the kids were little, I was given some good advice by a babysitter: don't put the kids in time out. Put the item in time out. So one day when they were fighting, I took away the object and placed it on top of the fridge. "It's in time out," I told them. They immediately joined forces and wanted me to give it back to them. Too funny! </p><p>(I did not give in.)</p><p>I did it once a cpl yrs ago when easy child was in high school and difficult child was in 4th gr. They thought I was completely nuts (I thought it was amusing). This time they did not join forces, but they both turned their backs on me and went their separate ways. Hey, it still worked ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 372278, member: 3419"] Argh! Sounds familiar! When the kids were little, I was given some good advice by a babysitter: don't put the kids in time out. Put the item in time out. So one day when they were fighting, I took away the object and placed it on top of the fridge. "It's in time out," I told them. They immediately joined forces and wanted me to give it back to them. Too funny! (I did not give in.) I did it once a cpl yrs ago when easy child was in high school and difficult child was in 4th gr. They thought I was completely nuts (I thought it was amusing). This time they did not join forces, but they both turned their backs on me and went their separate ways. Hey, it still worked ... [/QUOTE]
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