Comments on: Faye’s Magical Experiment in Preschooler Budgeting http://fayezie.com/2009/06/17/fayes-magical-experiment-in-preschooler-budgeting/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fayezie http://fayezie.com/2009/06/17/fayes-magical-experiment-in-preschooler-budgeting/#comment-512 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:13:48 +0000 http://fayezie.com/?p=1599#comment-512 I’ll have to share the “Let’s Take a Break”… is a cute story… 4 year old boy and his own coping skills for having an autistic sibling.

]]> By: fayezie http://fayezie.com/2009/06/17/fayes-magical-experiment-in-preschooler-budgeting/#comment-511 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:11:41 +0000 http://fayezie.com/?p=1599#comment-511 thanks… so far, the immediate benefit is that he has gone all week without asking about toys he wants or sees advertised. which, normally isn’t a big issue, he’s been good about respecting my previous request that he keep track for his santa claus list… but every once in a while, the mommy hairs stick up, and my impulses leave me wondering “gosh am I denying my kid too often?” hence, the $10 scheme. i was really proud of how mature he acted about the situation. normally, if we had gone into toysrus or wal-mart or target it would have been a battle of wills…. even over price of items… but going in with pre-arranged guidelines made it so much easier.

i have also found the same approach to be true for other situations. we went to the aquarium in atlanta in may, and when we parked the car, before unbuckling him from his carseat, I laid down some simple “ground rules”, and he acknowledged with a “yes, mama”… and voila! he was an angel.

]]> By: slamdunk http://fayezie.com/2009/06/17/fayes-magical-experiment-in-preschooler-budgeting/#comment-500 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:14:08 +0000 http://fayezie.com/?p=1599#comment-500 Fantastic lesson to pass along to the little ones–nice artwork as well. I did not think of adding dusting the furniture to our list. We certainly could use a plan like that as well.

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