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The ultimate bribe…
Posted by: | CommentsI believe the key to being a good parent is know what carrot to dangle. For Sam and Evan it’s two words… video game. Tonight Sam and Evan weren’t thrilled with the dinner choice, so I decided to up the ante for our after dinner activities.
Me: Sam, if you eat all of your dinner we can play some video games tonight.
Evan: Me too?
Me: Yep.
[A few minutes go by and the kids are eating furiously]
Sam: I’m really trying to eat all my dinner because I want to play the video game tonight.
Evan: Me too.
[A few more minutes go by]
Sam: I’m really trying to eat all my dinner so I can play the Stars Wars video game.
[Quite a few more minutes go by… ok, it was another 40 minutes later]
Sam: I’m still trying to finish my dinner so I can play the video game.
Me: Ok, but you need to hurry up because it’s also a bath night.
Nearly an hour later I pull the plug because Sam hadn’t finished. Now why do I consider this a win? Because I had an hour of Sam trying to eat instead of whining about the dinner and finishing after 3 bites. Can you guess what I’m going to say again tomorrow night?
And Evan? Well he gave up after about 20 minutes and went to go play. He’s going to be a tougher nut to crack as he gets older.
Not a high point…
Posted by: | CommentsPleading with a 3y old that’s it’s ‘my turn to play’ video games with his brother is probably not a highlight in my parenting career.
Big brother’s help…
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Sam is helping Evan learn to play Lego Star Wars on the PS3. This will be an interesting experiment.
Update: The whole ‘teach my little brother how to play video games’ turned into ‘little brother’ just watching and me giggling at their banter.
Big day for Sam…
Posted by: | CommentsWell Sam got his birthday wish. He was able to go to Target tonight and get his very first video game. More importantly, the checkout clerk didn’t call security when we started hauling out $18 in quarters, nickels and dimes to help pay for it. Holly and I are pretty sure we have found the carrot to motivate Sam as he gets older.
Now Evan… we’re still working on that.