- Stay in bed until 7am
- Tidy up your toys, crafts, clothes etc.
- Look people in the eye when you are speaking to them or being spoken to
- Obey the first time
- Make things right when you have made things wrong (ask forgiveness, receive forgiveness and MOVE on!)
- Speak politely - say please, thank you, you're welcome, excuse me
- Use your words - tantrums, screaming and other "fits of rage" are not allowed
- Sit at the table and use proper utensils when eating
- "Yes Mommy", "Yes Daddy"
You know what the hardest part of habit training is? Realizing that I need to develop most of these habits in myself! Speak politely - I need to work on the words that come out of my mouth when I am frustrated! Tidy up after yourself - yikes - don't look too hard at my kitchen or my pile of laundry! However, the biggest habit I have learned and the one I have worked the hardest to instill in my children is to make things right when you have made things wrong. I have apologized to my children more times then I can count - mostly for yelling. Hopefully they will grow up knowing that there is grace.