How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

Who Says Bribery Doesn’t Work

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I needed their rooms cleaned up.

I wanted them to practice their piano.

Showers are required.

Litter box must be cleaned.

Please girls, do your chores.

Girls, remember I asked you to clean the litter box?

Girls….

SweetGirl YOU are the one with the piano lesson tomorrow, not me.

nag nag nag nag

Is this my life now?

Screw this. 

Let the bribery begin. 

Clean your room and you can have ice cream for desert.

(You have never seen a room cleaned so fast in your life)

Who wants McDonald’s?  Oh gee, wait a second. Did you clean the litter box and practice your piano yet?  We can’t possibly go for a treat like McDonalds until you take care of those things first!

What’s that?  You want to stay up and watch a little extra TV?  Hmmm well sure, but how about jumping in the shower first.

Is this wrong?  Maybe, but frankly it’s been a long flippin week here in the Suburbs and it is only Tuesday.  If bribing your kids is wrong, I don’t want to be right!

Oh and PS.  If you meet a Mama in the Suburbs who says she has never bribed her babies.  Yeah, she is a liar. 

    • Comments

    2. Its not called bribery, its called motivation. Give my kids the right motivation and they’ll do just about anything. Way to go mom.

    6. As a parent of three grown children, I can say a few things.

      Bribery is not good parenting……there are other parenting methods to bring about compliance.

      Bribery sends the wrong message to our kids. They never learn to respect authority and listen to us.

      Bribery was used many, many times by me over the years. Aren’t I the hypocrite….LOLOLOLOL.

      Sometimes you are at the end of your rope, and you just do what ya gotta do.

    9. I TOTALLY did the McDonalds and video game bribe for a clean room TODAY! We are SOOOOOO awesome! BTW did you pick up the remarkable reader award on my blog? did ya?