Anyone else sick to death of hearing MOM, MOM, MOM! being yelled over and over again and think they may just lose their mind if they hear it even one more time? I came up with a game to do with my kids so I don't end up completely bananas.I'm giving them each $20 in quarters at the beginning of each month. Every time they yell "mom", I take a quarter, unless it's an emergency, and I mean "someone is bleeding" or a "dresser has fallen on your luttle sister" (yeah, that happened) type emergency. Otherwise, if they need me, they have to come and get me. Whatever they have left at the end of the month, they get to spend on whatever they'd like.So far, the things that would normal be a huge crisis is suddenly not that important when they realize they have to actually get off their butts and come downstairs to get me and we all know that kids forget that their dads even exist when they need something. Mom is they only possible person who can get them the milk they so desperately need that second, even when she is elbow deep in raw chicken and dad is lying on the couch with a beer (who they walked past to get to mom even!) I'll admit, I laugh a little inside when they started yelling for dad instead. He tried to add "dad" to the quarter game. Haha, sorry buddy, either make your own game or perhaps you just might have to pour a glass of milk once in a while! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2O1VjYe
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