Monday, October 5, 2009

Phrase of the Day

Instead of telling, and asking, and pleading with our kids to stop tapping their forks, ripping the meijer flier, etc, etc...we've started using the phrase "Hey, I've got a problem. Can you help me?" And with sincerity we tell them something like "My head has had too much noise and that tapping is making it hurt more. Can you help me solve my problem?" They love to feel helpful. Oh, yeah...always follow it up with a real "thank you."
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  1. B KooiOctober 5, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    I really like that! I am going to try that this week.

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  2. ConnieOctober 6, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    I've done that before....IT WORKS!...I had forgotten about it though....

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