Dealing with preschoolers.

Kids lead to chaos.

Chaos in your marriage… in the house… in the car… at grandma’s house… as soon as you have 1 kid, life as you know it is over, and don’t even try to get it back. Instead, move on… have some more kids…

I’m only kidding about that… unless you want to experience “real” joy… like me!

I usually fall into the same trap of planning to do a certain task during the day… which leads to either neglecting the kids, or getting stressed out if they don’t allow me to execute my plan… (Like many parents I am sure). But today I discovered that if I make a plan for all of us together, then there is a higher probability that I can get them to cooperate with me.

A friend of mine (and a teacher) gave me a really good idea, which I would like to share with parents of kids (especially older toddlers and preschoolers). We made a schedule and colour coordinated the time of the day… We have ‘foody time’, ‘tv time’, ’play time’, ’colouring time’, ‘computer time’, ‘outside time’, ‘bath time’, and ’sleepy time’… where each activity is a specific colour. This way, my son can start understanding that he’s done one activity and its time for the next. Today there were less arguments, negotiations, and ‘deals’!! Of course, there will be the days when the schedule works about as well as a sock, but I think for the most part, this seems to be a great way to make life a little less chaotic. Good job Sabzari!!