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This is NOT Rocket Science, is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 328841" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> You, too, huh?</p><p> </p><p>I have FOUR other family members who suffer from the same bad habits.</p><p> </p><p>For the most part, I leave things where they lie until the opportunity to direct the perpetrator to put the item away presents itself. Usually it's when they are in the middle of doing something they don't want to stop doing! And as they're grumbling about putting it away at that most inopportune time, I remind them that had they taken just a brief second to attend to this task earlier, their precious activity would not have to be interrupted now to take care of the problem they created.</p><p> </p><p>And admittedly, it requires a lot of hover time on my part, but I just remind myself that parenting difficult children sometimes requires this level of intensity and focus.</p><p> </p><p>This is also why my house is generally a cluttered mess. And why we spend weekends and school breaks doing chores instead of having fun. Someday maybe this will change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 328841, member: 3444"] :rofl: You, too, huh? I have FOUR other family members who suffer from the same bad habits. For the most part, I leave things where they lie until the opportunity to direct the perpetrator to put the item away presents itself. Usually it's when they are in the middle of doing something they don't want to stop doing! And as they're grumbling about putting it away at that most inopportune time, I remind them that had they taken just a brief second to attend to this task earlier, their precious activity would not have to be interrupted now to take care of the problem they created. And admittedly, it requires a lot of hover time on my part, but I just remind myself that parenting difficult children sometimes requires this level of intensity and focus. This is also why my house is generally a cluttered mess. And why we spend weekends and school breaks doing chores instead of having fun. Someday maybe this will change. [/QUOTE]
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