2nd week of no school and already loony as a bird

Amy Carey

Amy Carey

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How do you make kids get along? It's bad enough that my own bicker constantly all of a sudden now, when they used to be best friends, NOW they have the revolving door going and there is someone spending the night here every night, or they are wanting to go to friend's houses, etc and I am SO dang tired of the tattling and whining ...seems to me like the ages from 8-10 are WAY WAY WAY worse than the toddlers every thought of being. If you have kids this age , what do you do?
 
Sit at the computer and scrap with ear plugs in? ;) I can relate! I miss them during the school year but by the 2nd week of break it gets a little tense around here.
Mine get rewarded for not fighting by trips out to the pool,park, movies, etc. And we try to make our house a fun house for friends to come over and keep them entertained.
Then I go back to plan A, which is the ear plugs. :D
 
LOL I hear ya! Mine aren't the same age as yours, but Logan is 6 and totally missing the kids. So he thinks that I and his older brother should entertain him. And Jacob, being 17, is not into entertaining Logan. So I get a lot of "Mommmmmm!" :blink:
 
My youngest is 12 and the middle is 15 and they tattle on each other constantly!! I ignore them for the most part and seperate them when it gets to bad. My middle son goes to his grandparents a couple times a week so he gets away from the 12 year old. He has his own room over there and a dog and computer so plenty to keep him entertained and while he is there he helps with stuff like mowing the yard, bathing the dogs and taking care of them, cleaning up the yard etc. So it works out well for them and for us LOL
 
Do what my mom did, institute a "No Tattling" Rule. Whoever does the tattling gets punished just as the person they were tattling on. Cuts down on tattling and whining A LOT.

My mom took us to the lake almost everyday, for hours. We'd come back exhausted and it def helped cut down on the fighting. We were too dang tired to fight!
 
well for one...whining = no friends. (EARN the right to go to friends or have them over based on no whining/tattling for X days)

whining = chores

We found the more kids came over...the more problems there was between siblings.

Keep them separated...couple days playing by themselves usually helped...then they wanted their siblings company.

Good luck.
 
I make them play outside. Cabin fever makes them grumpy. A few loops on the bike followed with popsicles and they are much nicer!
 
BrodoNY0123 said:
Do what my mom did, institute a "No Tattling" Rule. Whoever does the tattling gets punished just as the person they were tattling on. Cuts down on tattling and whining A LOT.

My mom took us to the lake almost everyday, for hours. We'd come back exhausted and it def helped cut down on the fighting. We were too dang tired to fight!
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This is me....both the tattler and the tattlee get punished (nose on the wall for the appropriate amount of time (their age) and believe me...ask my 11 year old how long it feels like she stand there :p) and after a few times of that...the tattling magically disappears!!!

I get the kids out of the house as much as possible.....playing, swimming, park, mall ect.....the more I run them outside the less they complain and whine inside!!! :D
 
I shipped mine off to Camp Grandparents. Around here the camp is open every other week and they stay for a few days.

I also take them to the library a lot. You have to whisper in the library so it gives me an hour or so of quiet time.
 
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