How many times a day do you have to repeat the same instruction?

Getting children to listen and respond to commands is not easy.  When you give a command do you present it as a question? 

**"Would you mind picking up your toys for me?" is not as effective as, "."Time to pick up your toys"

**Don't send directions from another room.  Eye contact is very effective.

**And try  not to give too many requests at once.  "Pick up your toys and put them in the toy box," is more simply understood.

**Above all be patient and consistent

HERE'S A WEBSITE YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT.....
HOW TO GET LITTLE KIDS TO LISTEN

AND ANOTHER FOR LOTS OF INFORMATION

Being a parent means always worrying about health issues.          
Here is a link that helps answer your  children's health questions


SOME GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT PARENTING
Parents DO matter

PARENTING IS A LAUGHING MATTER...MOST DAYS....  I HAVE FOUND SOME FUNNY 
PARENTING  STORIES THAT MIGHT MAKE YOUR DAY.


                KIDS QUOTES

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.
Author Unknown

A baby is born with a need to be loved -- and never outgrows it.
Frank A. Clark

What is a home without children? Quiet.
Henny Youngman






                                       

A SOOTHING HOME-REMEDY FOR SCRAPES AND CUTS

I don't know if this works, but I ran across this tip just the other day.  It is supposed to work:

A dollop of vaseline
1/4 - 1/2 tsp. sugar

Smoothe over cleaned cuts.  Sugar is a natural healer.

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PLEASE AND THANK YOU ARE
VERY GOOD MANNERS TO BE SURE, AND ALL CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT  BY AGE THREE.