You think everything is going great and suddenly Grahm starts screaming! And yes, Grahm needs to stop screaming and it takes two to fight. Every time I get on their case about something - like cleaning the playroom- Jayce takes it out on Grahm. I guess Jayce thinks they are in trouble because of Grahm and not because of anything he has done.
So - when the fighting started up again for the hundredth time the other day - I did this.
First they struggled and I was worried that they would hurt themselves- it was just a little piece of yarn. I tied it loose enough that they could slip their hands out one at a time. However, Jayce would have needed to calm down enough to realize this. I had to tell them to stop trying to break it.
Taking a picture of him at this moment was not considered acceptable - At All. Poor Grahm (not innocent - but did he deserve to be tied to this angry beast?).
Jayce finally submitted and they started to finish cleaning up the playroom together!!
Yeah - team work!!
I did have to untangle them once - not sure how they got crossed up!
Hopefully no one calls the police -no injuries occurred (except maybe a little pride - what I will not do for reader entertainment!!).
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Way to go Mom! You never cease to amaze me with your creative ideas. ANd it worked. They worked together to clean it up! I have been dealing with bickering as well... not fun... but since Lu is so small I think Jack may dislocate her arm if I tried this.
I did this with two little girls that wouldn't stop fighting each other in a summer day camp. I'm even meaner because I made them do it all day. I think it's a great idea. I know my friend's mom made her and her sister play board games together for an hour every day after they ruined a family vacation with their bickering. Way to go, Mom!
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