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Friday, November 7, 2008
"I Want That!"
"I want that!" "And that!" "Mommy! Mommy! Look at the TV! I want THAT!"
Does this sounds like your kid? The holiday toy commercials are starting to hit the TV, and a lot of moms are starting to hit the "mute" buttons -- and wishing there were "mute" buttons on their kids!
What do you do when your sweet little babies start demanding everything they see on TV?
Here is an idea we like: turn the requests into responsibilities -- your kids' responsibilities!
You start with a basic wish list, which will have details appropriate to your children's ages and abilities. The youngest children can do things like draw pictures of the toys, tear out pictures from ads and paste them to the paper, and write down the numbers of the channels on which the ads appear.
Slightly older children can cut out ads for the toys from several newspaper ads or catalogues, including the prices, store logos and addresses, or they can write out this information.
Upper-elementary-grade children can give you complete information about the manufacturer, retailers and comparative pricing. They can use the internet to assemble images of the toys and design a document with graphics. You know that they would grumble if their teacher made them learn how to create a table in a Word document or use an Excel spreadsheet, but they will happily do it if they know it means you will take their toy requests seriously!
You won't get too much useful infomation from your tiny ones, but your older kids' efforts will help you when it comes time to decide which toys they are really getting and where to buy them.
Do you have any creative ideas for handling "I want that!"? Please share!
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