Good vs. Evil

We have been having some rocky times in our household as of late. There has been A LOT of screaming, whining, fighting and crying. Which I have NO tolerance for, especially the screaming, whining and fighting part. And, PJ has slid back into hitting too, which puts my undies in a bunch even more.

Last week when all of these behavioral issues where asserting themselves, I found myself yelling to get there attention. In fact, at one point I yelled so hard and so loudly that my throat hurt afterward. Now, believe me, I know that this tactic is not the most preferable, but when you’re down-and-out you fall back on anything you can get your hand on quickly. And, since they were yelling, I was yelling even louder.

Since several days of yelling didn’t seem to amount to a behavior change and then taking away all their worldly possessions didn’t do anything, and taking away their one-½ hour television show a day still left me dry, and then putting them on naughty steps and having time outs in their rooms didn’t shake it loose, I have decided to tip the scales. We are starting a PJ & CT GOOD CHART. Even though we may have to scratch and claw to find it, there is good behavior in there somewhere.

This chart is all about the positive things they do. These actions will be listed when they happen, the child can then apply a sticker to the listed good behavior and at the dinner table every night we will share with dad the good things they did that day instead of the bad. I’ll give less credence to the poor behavior and MUCH more to the good behavior.

I have no fucking idea if this cockamamie chart idea will work, if these kids will bite off on it and turnaround, but it has got to be better then screaming like banshees.

I’ll keep you posted.

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