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4.63 (Highly recommend) from 22 votes (399 Visits)

Time warning

by gr8est

(August 2006) (rank 248th)

Just a quick tip I didn't know give children a warning or just let them know how long till ... bed, dinner, bath etc

I have found this very helpful as although a routine may be in place a 10 and 5 minute warning letting them know what is next prepares them for eg bed. My partner and I look after my disabled brother on weekends and we were having to battle with him to go to bed or come in from play to eat dinner but since implementing this trick he comes in with no fuss! He also hates leaving a sony game in the middle but with this trick he tries harder to win and save, the odd "just a few more seconds" will escape but basicly he will usually turn it off!.

How and why it works I'm not sure of , although I will pick a time when a programme finishes on TV for eg for my brother this is 8:30pm. But during play or video games this is just as effective as forwarning has been given.

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	September 2007 \| lexiw

Re: Time warning

Great advice just like adults kids want respect and warning

Lexi xxx

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	December 2006 \| tracey

Yep.

I have gotten into the habit of saying, "It's about bedtime but you can play for TWO more minutes. My daughter thinks that these two more minutes is an extra treat so it works well for us.

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	December 2006 \| jenlemen

good advice

kids (like adults!) really, really need to know what's happening next. thanks for the reminder!!!

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| December 2006 \| monyq83

Youre right,

I do this with my kids too. Usually its "half an hour till bed, kids, go do a wee" and quite often they dont even bother staying up the extra half hour, alot of hte time they just go to bed straight after their wee.

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	December 2006 \| rachelcook

Youre right,

sounds good will give this a try

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| August 2006 \| Jessgore

yes it works....

It works because they don't have the sudden feeling of having to drop everything right then... The extra five mintues as you say your brother tries harder to finish his games, it is exactly that, they have the extra few mintues to finish what they are doing so they don't feel like they have just dropped every thing....

Works for our daughter too.

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	3.35 (Average) \| August 2006 \| hrs2004

Tick tock

I like this idea - as someone said in another article, we all like to know what is happening in our day and this adds a nice blend to a routine. I also heard another trick if you child is being a bit difficult. "Do you want five more minutes or ten?", "Do you want two more goes down the slide or three?" Well, you can guess what they will go for. They think they have got a good deal and the parent gets what they want. Win, win.

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	4.50 (Excellent) \| August 2006 \| Izzy

Time telling.

I love this idea. If you get an analog clock, you can also teach your child to tell time this way.

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	3.26 (Average) \| August 2006 \| lindterbean

stalling too

this works out for the "just let me finish this page" occasions too. If we tell them they can read for ten minutes, they will find a good stopping place so they aren't left hanging when we come back and flick off the light.

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	4.40 (Good) \| August 2006 \| shoolacy

Works

I know this trick works because neices and nephews whom stay over even on a weekend have bed times set by their parents, and we will just say Ten more minutes till bed guys. It might work by tricking children into thinking they are actually getting more time but they really aren't.

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