So how many times do YOU ask your kids to do something before they actually do it?

Doozer · 11-04-2006, 05:57 PM

I don't know if this is a boy thing, if this is an inlaw genetic pass down, or if this is my kids straight up ignoring me, but I swear if I have to say to them "boys brush your teeth" or "boys it's bath time" or "boys tidy up time" or "boys, some here please", I have said it at least fifty times while SCREAMING before they actually comply.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blessed_with_6 · 11-04-2006, 06:49 PM

Oh, I so hear you!!!! It is a HUGE pet peeve of mine.

desertmom · **Telling kids**

It's frustrating. My little guy is like the absent-minded professor. He remembers every Bionicle, how he built them, every detail about every dinosaur and animal, yet he forgets that I just asked him to feed his fish or put his pjs in the hamper. With Aspergers, it's a given, but at other times, he remembers. He has started something new: he will quote over and over what he has to do. He gets fanatical about it until it's done.

BlueJay · 11-04-2006, 08:31 PM

My oldest- it drives me crazy! I am constantly.
My 4 year old and even 2 year old- once and that is it.
Maybe a gentic thing

hawkshoe · 11-05-2006, 06:25 AM

I ask them once and if they don't do it, I start counting to three. My boys know that once mommy gets to three they will be punished (usually a toy or privilege taken away), so by two they usually do what I asked.

treehugger · 11-05-2006, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by hawkshoe

I ask them once and if they don't do it, I start counting to three. My boys know that once mommy gets to three they will be punished (usually a toy or privilege taken away), so by two they usually do what I asked.

This is what I do too

Claire · 11-05-2006, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hawkshoe

I ask them once and if they don't do it, I start counting to three. My boys know that once mommy gets to three they will be punished (usually a toy or privilege taken away), so by two they usually do what I asked.

This is what we do, too. It has started to show results once you figure out what it is that works for each child. My oldest is TV and my middle is his bike. The baby is still too young to get it, but pretty soon....

shabin · 11-05-2006, 08:31 AM

I heard a dad comment the other day that he had to ask his dd something a "thousand" times and I replied, "well then you know you are a dad (or mom)!"

princessabby · 11-06-2006, 01:23 PM

DD is the same way. She listens to everyone but me & DH. It's very frustrating. We've tried taking things away, time out, privilages for good behavior, no tv, etc. She doesn't care. Nothing we have done helps. We keep being told that it's the age. If so, when can we except this to pass, sometime bfore 18?

Happymom · 11-06-2006, 02:04 PM

Way too many times!!!