Well, Today we got Eli a responsibility chart thinking that this might help him remember to do the things that he needs to do. It's a really nice magnetic one with numerous jobs and behaviors for kids and smiley face magnets that say "WELL DONE" and such, when tasks are complete. Eli was so excited! Sherri and I picked out his first three chores; pick up toys, clean room, and do homework. He picked out the other four: get dressed, take a bath, put dirty clothes in the laundry room, and feed the cat. The problem now is that he keeps changing out his chores with the extra ones so that he can get the rewards. He has also tried the approach of doing the task multiple times in order to get the smiley face, ie. he has wanted to take four baths today and I think our cat has been fed so much she is starting to look like Garfield!
The only chore/responsibility that Eli is not to happy with is the sharing one. Today, Ariana's friend came over and ate lunch with us. Ariana fixed her a corn dog which Eli believes to be exclusively his. He did not want to share. He climbed into my lap crying and I tried to console him by telling him that he would get a good job smiley for sharing. He thought for a moment and said, "Dad, do they have 'X's'? I'll just take an X for that one."
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