Has anyone worked out the miracle cure to parent frustration... and invented kids who do what you need them to do, when you tell them to do it and how do you get them to wear their mediband kids bracelets No? Ok, manipulation, here we come.
1. Invite and don't demand! Getting them up on time. Have a competition, first child up and dressed and wearing their mediband kids bracelets gets to pick the breakfast (from the three healthy options you have) for the rest of the family.
2. Co-operate with them. Make technology work. Want today's wifi password? Then make your beds and vacuum the playroom.
3. Stop Repeating Yourself. Won't take your pills? Use the old trick of creating a false choice, with the one you want them to choose as the lesser of two evils. "What would you like - three pills or five this morning?" Make it interesting so that they don't zone out and become bored.
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