
1. Keep the door closed.
2. Make up your bed.
3. Make up your bed or else.
4. I mean it this time, make up your bed.
5. I'll just do it.
An then out of the blue, the bed is made up everyday. "She's making up her bed everyday", my wife tells me "Why I ask." "Because", my wife says, "she loves her room."
Women it seems like to rearrange rooms. Redecorate, redo. Knock out a wall if possible. My reaction usually is "Didn't you just redo the room?"
I've come to realize though, there are advantages to this room makeover thing. By allowing our daughter a space that is hers she behaved better. By participating with her in the planning, designing, thinking about, and implementing, we were able to let go of worrying about the bed getting made up.
I wonder what other areas of life would this this kind of approach be worthwhile?
A colleague mentioned that when he asked a group of middle high boys (notorious for not really participating in such activities) to talk about the person they were in 2008 and the person they would like to be in 2009, they were extremely interested in participating.
Maybe it has something to do with taking an interest in the interests of our children.
And what they would like to do about it.
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