Brainy Punishment - doing chores
I was so upset when my little Claire peed on the floor instead of in the toilet, but what else can I do? I couldn’t do anything for the things just happened but to clean it. For several times, I advised her to tell me if she wants to pee but still, everything doesn’t always work according to my plan. Or probably there were times when Claire spilt the milk on the floor because she was too focus on the DVD lesson I gave her while drinking milk.
So here I come with an idea, instead of being angry, I gave her a brainy punishment and teaching chores at the same time. Every time she peed on the floor or spilt the milk, I gave her tissue to wipe the floor. After finished wiping it, I asked her to throw away the wet tissue in the garbage box. If she peed on the floor, I also asked her to wash her own underwear. The main thing is not the result since she was only 2 years old, but what can she learn from it?
1. Learn to be responsible in every thing she does. Baby’s brain was divided into 3 parts. The first part that develop is the brain to control movement. Tha’s why baby learn to move their body as soon as they was borned. The emotional part hasn’t developed yet, that’s why baby doesn’t have any fear of anything. They can jump here and there without any fear of bumping their heads to the wall or such a thing like that. After that, the second part, the brain that control emotion. Here, they will start to understand the relation of action and relation. That’s why it is important to teach baby this relation as their brain started to develop.
2. They can practice to use their hands too, this is a stimulation for their brain actually.
3. They can learn how to do chores from their young age. The result is not important. The most important thing is that they know that they also have to take part in the chores. For those of you who have maidservants at home, don’t let them do all the jobs! Ask them to let your children do the cleaning for several times. It will help alot as children grow older. They will be capable of doing chores without hesitate. You will not have to yell at them to do the chores.
So, don’t worry about giving a brainy punishment. It doesn’t mean that you are a mean parents, but you want them to learn something at home.
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