Bets on New House Rules
Well-I am packing up here at work-heading home-DH is at his evening job until nine.
Zippy 16 has decided his two hours of video games will be from 6pm-8pm-
(DH and I both know that Zippy will have been playing games from time DH left until when I get home -4pm-6pm-but we have decided we cannot control when we aren't there)
What are the bets good old Zippy will "forget" about the new rules and I will go downstairs at 8-15pm to still see Zippy Zapping away?
The follow up and follow through by DH is supposed to be -
Consequence is supposed to be more loss of gaming, IPOD and computer gaming....
What are the bets DH will do his part?
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Not to be negative but I bet
Not to be negative but I bet the only way dh will follow through is if you make sure he does. That is the way at my house....always the bad guy!!!! I told my dh if his kids make nothing of themselves when they get older it is not my problem it's his and bm's. If they fail school and lack socially not my problem.
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You can easily control the
You can easily control the Xbox when you arent home. Simply take the power supply cord. Its not a standard cord he could simply take from another peice of electronics.
If he chooses to take 4 - 6pm as his game time then you wont need to take the cord. Or give him the benefit of the doubt and take it after he breaks the rule.
I wish you the best but I cant say I have a high level of confidence in your DH. He seems likely to cave at the first signs of rebellion from the Zipster.
Day One
As some of you predicted -went well! Zip only argued about a discrepancy of .5 of an hour re gaming-AND went up for a shower at 9:30pm- :O (without being asked)-
I am not interested in ticking the list off right to the minute (15 minutes or so either way is no big deal to me)so I was happy-
I will mention the power cord idea to DH (at the risk of another burst of tears from DH re "hurting Zippy's feelings by NOT trusting him")
How the morning went-
Keep in mind some of the rules I could care less about but some mean lots to DH-
One of the rules is that Zippy is supposed to be downstairs for 7:30Am (no big deal to me-but apparently a biggy to DH)
Zippy crawls downstairs at 7:40 (bus comes at 8:00am)-no lunch made (we both do not care about that one)-he sits in the family room sipping tea until 7:51AM -DH is playing upstairs with his new GPS he got for his birthday-and comes downstairs ruffles Zippy's unkempt hair and says with a smile "Zippy, you better get get a move on-that bus is coming" and walks away! :?
Zippy continues to sip away at his tea -slowly gets up and puts his cup on the counter (YES!)-and begins packing his back pack at 8:55AM-no face washing-no brushing of teeth-NO follow up from DH re the hygiene-and Zippy (in a little lost orphan voice,forlornely says-Bye) is out the door-at 8:59AM.
Step Parenting – you might need to step back before you step in something!