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[quote=Anonymous]I think this may be an issue of my children getting older, and the same techniques not working as if they were little kids, so I would really appreciate your advice.

I am honestly in need of advice and strategies to help my household run more smoothly. I have two children, 5 and 7, who are inherently good, easy kids. The younger one's a little sassy, but nothing major. No tantrums, do great in school, eat whatever I serve, always behave at playdates, no big issues, good kids.

But I am about to tear my hair out from constantly having to tell them the same things over and over and over.

Things like:

Stand on the bathmat until you're wrapped in a towel, instead of tracking water all over the bathroom
Table manners: bring the spoon to your mouth, not your mouth to the bowl, no slurping spaghetti, use a napkin (!!), etc.
Put your clothes in the hamper
Put your shoes in the bin
Close your dresser drawers
change out of your uniform when you get home
stop telling your sibling what to do
stop teasing your sibling
stop FREAKING OUT when your sibling teases you
put your seatbelts on
stop yelling for me from the other room, etc.

I feel like I have gently led them, since they were little, in doing the right things. I have reminded, and used positive reinforcement, and praised good behavior, and focused on the good, and now I am losing my s*$t because I have been there, done that, what feels like a million times and they should know this stuff by now!

How hard can all of this be! Are my expectation too high? I don't understand what to do next. Reminding them of the same things every day is not working - I'm starting to get beyond testy about it, and it's ruining our family time.

Help![/quote]

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