Get your kids to do what you want!

'I don't wanna brush my teeth!'

'YOU pick the toys up!'

'I'm bored!'

Are they driving you crazy? Here's an idea for a sneaky way to get them to do your bidding and LIKE it:

Get some index cards or other small pieces of paper; even an old deck of cards will work.

Write down the tasks you want done, one on each card. Make them fun (pick up all the blue toys, all the toys with wheels, all the hard toys, all the soft, toys, all the red toys, all the toys that make noise, etc.).

They'll love picking a card and doing what it says. Try a deck for whatever you have trouble with- the morning routine, getting ready for bed, or clean up time.

For a 'boredom' deck, think up some things you don't usually do that would be easy. Make lemonade, get out some scarves and play animals, blow bubbles in the bathroom, make a fort out of boxes. A physical activity deck could help them expend some energy: jump up and down ten times, run down the hall as fast as you can, spin around in circles, throw balls into a container.

The sky's the limit!