{"id":4279,"date":"2012-12-21T19:22:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T19:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/2012\/12\/21\/lists-responsibility-for-your-kids-and-easier-for-you\/"},"modified":"2012-12-21T19:22:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T19:22:48","slug":"lists-responsibility-for-your-kids-and-easier-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/2012\/12\/21\/lists-responsibility-for-your-kids-and-easier-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Lists: Responsibility for your Kids and Easier for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/lists-responsibility-for-your-kids-and-easier-for-you\/mother-and-daughter-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rotatecw wp-image-4280 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px\" alt=\"Nanny Lists\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iStock_000005580852XSmall-300x199.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" height=\"140\" width=\"210\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy nanny and I have been making lists for my kids ever since they were in pre-school. It started out with pictures I would draw and staple together into a book (before they could read), but has matured into detailed lists. Here is one we have laminated for each child for for school mornings:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get dressed (change underwear)<\/li>\n<li>Clothes in hamper<\/li>\n<li>Make bed<\/li>\n<li>Eat breakfast (clean up after yourself!)<\/li>\n<li>Get snack for school<\/li>\n<li>Feed dog<\/li>\n<li>Brush teeth<\/li>\n<li>Deodorant<\/li>\n<li>Shoes on<\/li>\n<li>Water bottle<\/li>\n<li>Put backpack on<\/li>\n<li>Need a jacket?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this point, I have made my kids lists for everything including what to bring to a swim meet, what to pack for a day camp, and even what they should pack for trips that are weeks long. Here is another example that we are using right now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swim bag<\/li>\n<li>Towel<\/li>\n<li>Sunscreen<\/li>\n<li>Goggles<\/li>\n<li>Swim Cap<\/li>\n<li>Water Bottle<\/li>\n<li>Snacks<\/li>\n<li>Games \/ Activities for Zoo<\/li>\n<li>Lawn Chair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since they were little, they have been empowered to collect their own things and check them off a list. They love it! They are proud of themselves, they feel mature, and it saves me and my nanny a lot of time!<\/p>\n<p>This is of course not a fool-proof system &#8211; we do have to double check that they&#8217;ve done what they were supposed to (we often have to send back some mis-matched outfits; in my son&#8217;s case, he often checks things off a list that are not done!), so it sometimes takes a bit of persistence to get through it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tempting to simply take over, or to have my nanny pack the kids, etc. However, in the long run, we are teaching them valuable lessons about organization, independence and responsibility!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My nanny and I have been making lists for my kids ever since they were in pre-school. It started out with pictures I would draw and staple together into a book (before they could read), but has matured into detailed lists. Here is one we have laminated for each child for for school mornings:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanny-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}