teh tiup of hte day is crap

[TheDaVinciCod]

no i m 36 i dont have a star chart

"Tip of the day

If making a starchart, do one for everyone in the family. Let the kids choose at least one thing for parents too. This makes them feel as though they're part of something, rather than having certain behaviours imposed on them and it stopped me swearing! (helsy)"

i can just see dh ageeeing to that
I don't think so lol

i'd tell my DS to p*ss off if he suggested i had a star chart!

absolutely not

it would involve me having ice-cream in the fridge for every meal

crap

i am the boss not he kdis fgs

absolutely cod....

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I particularly liked this one as well

Instead of "hey, you know I have just realised that star charts are crap and arbitrary, let's try something else"

it's "hey, you know I have just realised that star charts are crap and arbitrary, ffs let's not let the kids find out, so we had better all pretend that this is what adults do when they want to change their behaviour as well"

i am ana dult
i ahev adult hthougt processes
i cna weight up pros and cons
they are kids

pmsl - dd made me one the other day !

(sorry helsy btw, it is very rude to diss your tip, I think we are all just jealous really )

I once had a friend who made simultaneous ones, in all seriousness, for her 5 year old ds and her 27 year old boyfriend. It kind of put me off ever using them on another human being.

I don't think it is such a bad idea really. I think it is important for children to learn that adults do have to adhere to rules too. Then that should help them understand that they have to follow rules. Though I have no intention of starting mummy and daddy charts!

my friends do this so that the whole family eats their 5 a day (it's not really a chart, more a ruthlessly competitive fruit and veg list on a whiteboard) and it works very well. the children love competing with their mum and dad... although as far as i'm aware the parents don't take up the offer of a CBeebies magazine at the end of the week as a reward.

we compete to see who can get he paper first
dh moved so fast this mornign the boys were in AWE

my lot made me a pasta jar like theirs and said I would get one pasta for being a kind mummy and one taken away if I ate chocolate - hmm not happy.

My friend has her dh on one for tidying up, putting socks away etc

how about a hug for good behaviour and a clip round the ear'ole for bad

(hee-hee am chortling to mesen )

perhaps you should nobble DH with too much fruit, keep him busy in the morning while you make your stately way towards The, what, Telegraph? Morning Star?
five-a-day obv not enough, ten-a-day downright healthy, try fifteen.

I've put some right bollocks in tip of the day, purely to enter a comp

I'm scared of star charts
and Sasco year planners