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Ill, Exhausted, and Can't Keep up with difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 135246" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, they made a mess, but it is what little boys often do. One good thing - at least it wasn't planted flower beds they were messing up. Your garden will still be a fresh slate to draw on when the snow melts enough for you to get some landscaping done.</p><p></p><p>For future reference - try to have an area for him to make mess in, and segregate it from 'clean' places (if you can) and provide clean-up gear on the boundary. If you can, teach him that yes, excavating is a dirty job, but all good workmen clean up when they're done, so the place looks just as good as before they began their job. So a plumber cleans up any spills and old bits of pipe; an electrician picks up any loose wiring and repairs any holes he had to make to install stuff; a carpenter sweeps up the wood shavings and any dropped nails. It is part of the job, and a householder is entitled to call them back to clean up, or instead ask for a discount on the bill so they can pay someone else to clean the mess.</p><p></p><p>If he and his friend want to play at excavating, then they need to know that a REAL project manager would make sure that everything was left safe and tidy when the job was over, otherwise he could find himself out of work with his equipment confiscated and licence revoked.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought - hope it works.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 135246, member: 1991"] OK, they made a mess, but it is what little boys often do. One good thing - at least it wasn't planted flower beds they were messing up. Your garden will still be a fresh slate to draw on when the snow melts enough for you to get some landscaping done. For future reference - try to have an area for him to make mess in, and segregate it from 'clean' places (if you can) and provide clean-up gear on the boundary. If you can, teach him that yes, excavating is a dirty job, but all good workmen clean up when they're done, so the place looks just as good as before they began their job. So a plumber cleans up any spills and old bits of pipe; an electrician picks up any loose wiring and repairs any holes he had to make to install stuff; a carpenter sweeps up the wood shavings and any dropped nails. It is part of the job, and a householder is entitled to call them back to clean up, or instead ask for a discount on the bill so they can pay someone else to clean the mess. If he and his friend want to play at excavating, then they need to know that a REAL project manager would make sure that everything was left safe and tidy when the job was over, otherwise he could find himself out of work with his equipment confiscated and licence revoked. Just a thought - hope it works. Marg [/QUOTE]
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