This time I sought advice from other moms and melded several ideas into one program. Now, each day before breakfast and dinner she has to tidy her room. I've expanded this to include her bathroom and the living room (just her things). Part of the deal is that I remind her once. Anything remaining on the floor after that goes to goodwill or is packed away. Separately from her room cleaning, I also implemented a points-based reward program. If she's especially generous with Colby, she gets a point. If she cleans up without being asked, she gets a point. The points are random and totally at our discretion. She can't ask for them. At a certain number of points, she gets a reward. So far, after 6 weeks, the program is working. Her room is clean, I'm not begging her to tidy up, and we're ALL much happier.
I'm thinking I need my own program.
I really want to be with God daily. I hunger for His word. Sometimes I go a week, maybe even a month, reading daily. But then it slips away and I'm back into the old ruts. Even though things go better when I'm seeking God daily. I'm a slow learner.
Perhaps if I had a program. "Read by breakfast or you don't eat." Or maybe, "No book reading until you've read some of The Book."
Tonight I finished my latest Kindle book and I decided to browse some Bibles in the Kindle store. I downloaded a few samples and read the first chapter of Genesis from each. It was fascinating to read the chapters back to back, but I realized that it was also the first time today that I've read any scripture.
I'm going to put together my own rewards program and we'll see how it goes. Hopefully I am as successful as my daughter. Then we'll ALL be much happier.
A Rembrandt...adding some class to this ol' blog
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