Doin' What I Love...

After 2 hours of wrestling my 4 1/2 year old over "Rest Hour"at mid-day for about the 1,044th time, this afternoon I finally implemented the Daily Duties Chart that I've been conjuring up in my mind for the past year. Some people refer to this charting of tasks as Chore Charts, but I just can't bring myself to use the word "chore" for tasks like brushing your teeth. I still have some tweaking to do on it, but today it worked like magic! He got to place a tiny sticker on each completed square to see how he was doing, and it wasn't good as of 3:30; but he kicked it in high gear, like filling a chart with tiny stickers was the climax of Man's Achievement on this earth. He filled every last square for the day and was thrilled about it! So, I think I've found a new product. If every child responds as positively to this Daily Duties Chart as mine does, I might have solved every challenge of parenting single-handedly...at least for one afternoon.