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Part of being a parent is disciplining your children when they make wrong choices, or have bad behavior. It is also setting an example so they know how to behave and can easily choose right from wrong.
We have been struggling with getting our kids to behave kindly, and well, just in general behave. I hope it’s not just me that struggles with kids pushing their boundaries, but I know in public I see much better behaved kids than my own. Last week as I lost control of my own behavior and acted shamefully in front of my kids I knew I was failing. I was failing as a mother and example to my kids. I cried to Mark that night, and even though I know I’ve succeeded in some areas, this one was becoming too much for me.
Mark, as always had a brilliant plan. So I sucked up my tears, and set to work creating a behavior chart for little miss Princess R. At 3 years old and in the middle of the pack, she seems to push boundaries the most. I crossed my fingers and just hoped that this chart was going to do the trick.
The basic idea was to have a chart with an item that could move up and down according to her behavior. Good behavior moves up the chart, bad moves down. I wasn’t sure how I was going to create it at first, but it soon came all together. I started on picmonkey to get my basic design (right click to print your own)
I think charts are really good for young children. They need the visual to get concepts. Beautifully done.
Thanks Diane. I was surprised at just how well this worked.
That's a great idea. My 3 year old loves stickers and we did a reward chart for my son when he was younger.
Raki
what a cute idea!!! my youngest would be in monster zone all day lol 😀
haha, maybe put a princess at the bottom of his? lol. I don't know, I guess for little boys they would love being a little monster.
Great idea! Though mine are simpler, use of calendar to keep track of my boy's behavior. Smiley face means good, sad means bad, angry face means ultimate bad! End of the week he gets his reward of playing with the electronic gadgets.
Hope Princess R moves up the chart to the ribbon real soon!
That's a great way too. I'm terrible at keeping track of calendars, so the chart just works better for me.
I love this idea! I need to do something like this for my kids and I've been looking for good ideas to get inspiration from…this definitely fits the bill!