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[quote=Anonymous]I find it helps to talk about routine and expectations with my 3 and almost 5 year olds, epecially when I have them by myself. In the car on the way home from daycare, I usually say something like, "Ok when we get home, I have to make dinner. What are you all going to do? Choices are: X, Y, and Z". They choose. "Great. you are going to play and let me work. when I am finished, we will eat and then we will do X, Y and Z together. Tell me how you can help me get my work done faster?" And they tell me (because we've done this so many freaking times - no fighting! hands to ourselves! share! Sounds crazy, but it really works. They watch 1 20 min show before bed, and that's it. They play the rest of the time, when tehy aren't setting the table. [/quote]
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