#KIDSCO: THE POLYTHENE BAG SCHEME

 

Picking after the kids could be quite adorable, it give a sense of parenting when they are at the innocence state of their lives but the moment a child can differentiate wrong from right, picking after them becomes an issue to apply disciplinary actions over.

Research shows the following results

· Picking after female child 35%

· Picking after male child 65%

To cub this attitude, deploy the polythene bag scheme

· Get a new clean black polythene bag.

· Pick all packable your kid must have littered the floor with (toys, books, clothes etc).

· Don’t touch anything in his room or playroom (so your action can be justified).

· Fold the polythene bag and place in a neat corner in the kitchen or laundry room

· Don’t say a word until your kid notice the disappearing acts of his objects

The moment your kid notice, follow the script (parents are such talented actors)

Kid: mum/dad, have you seen my toy?

Parents: not really deary, where did you put, in your room?

Kid: no, I think I left it in the living room (anywhere he/she could say).

Parents: oh my, I hope it wasn’t on the floor? I had to pick all the litters on the floor to clean up, check the dustbin black polythene bag in the kitchen/laundry room

There are two reactions to expect from such statement you made,

Firstly, your kid can run straight to the kitchen/laundry room to locate the polythene bag and get all his/her stuff

Secondly, he/she can just burst into tears, cry and wine till eternity thereby leaving you the option of bringing the polythene bag yourself to sort out in front of him/her.

Either way your kids reacts, your next statement should be the message you want to get across

Parent: oh dear, am so sorry. I wouldn’t have packed it with the litters if it was neatly placed in your room or playing room.

The message sent ‘if it was neatly placed in your room’ is a manipulative mind game of telling your kid what you expected of his/her toys after his playing hours.

Your kid has a choice of taking to correction, leaving you with a choice of repetition or the option of getting new toys.