How do you teach your child to be organized?
Miche
My 2d grader is very unorganized. At school and at home. It's to the point that he forgets to bring his homework home and he hasn't grasped the idea of putting things away once he's done using thim
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Some people are a lost cause, I'm half that way. My kitchen and bathrooms are generally very organized, my living room is now that my baby is crawling, but the bedrooms are disaster zones, FEMA would probably be interested in them!
Kids have to be taught how to be organized and it's something you have to work with constantly. It's something you have to have a system for. Places for everything, containers, organization has to be taught literally one thing at a time, from pencils to crayons in a box to backpacks. I take away my son's backpack periodically when I see that he's just shoving papers in it and he has to carry his papers in his hands.
I didn't grow up around organization, so I'm most comfortable in controlled chaos. You should try to set an example in some areas, start small. Have your son help with dishes, a simple chore where everything has a specific place. Every day have him do something to get organized. Get shelves, boxes, tubs, hooks, etc. and teach him step by step where things go. I'm just now starting to get myself organized, and I've got 5 kids to keep up after! Be an example and work WITH your child as you help clean and organize. And be prepared for a long haul, it takes much longer to unlearn a bad habit than to learn a good one from scratch!
Also, give him some space to be totally disorganized. A drawer in a dresser, a toybox, a plastic storage container, somewhere that he can just "dump" stuff of no importance. I know that helps me to have dump areas that I can just put stuff I don't know what to do with.
Some people are a lost cause, I'm half that way. My kitchen and bathrooms are generally very organized, my living room is now that my baby is crawling, but the bedrooms are disaster zones, FEMA would probably be interested in them!
Kids have to be taught how to be organized and it's something you have to work with constantly. It's something you have to have a system for. Places for everything, containers, organization has to be taught literally one thing at a time, from pencils to crayons in a box to backpacks. I take away my son's backpack periodically when I see that he's just shoving papers in it and he has to carry his papers in his hands.
I didn't grow up around organization, so I'm most comfortable in controlled chaos. You should try to set an example in some areas, start small. Have your son help with dishes, a simple chore where everything has a specific place. Every day have him do something to get organized. Get shelves, boxes, tubs, hooks, etc. and teach him step by step where things go. I'm just now starting to get myself organized, and I've got 5 kids to keep up after! Be an example and work WITH your child as you help clean and organize. And be prepared for a long haul, it takes much longer to unlearn a bad habit than to learn a good one from scratch!
Also, give him some space to be totally disorganized. A drawer in a dresser, a toybox, a plastic storage container, somewhere that he can just "dump" stuff of no importance. I know that helps me to have dump areas that I can just put stuff I don't know what to do with.
Parents who receive child support?
Baby Girl
This is a bit noisy, but I'm just asking anyway. . .
How much are you court ordered to receive/pay? What state do you live in? Do you feel that your child's needs are being met with the amount of money that you receive?
I live in Louisiana. He's obligated to pay $196 but I'm lucky if I see a dollar. If I depended solely on the child support it wouldn't be enough to pay for half of a half of rent.
I'm not afraid to ask for help, and trust me I have tried over and over again. Seeing how he isn't obligated to pay much its taking it a while to get to $5000 where they will actually issue a warrant. I have a job so I don't qualify for housing, child care assistance or food stamps. The only thing I do receive is WIC because I'm pregnant and medicaid as my secondary insurance because we have a private insurance company as first. He only has to pay for one child, and I really do mean that the $196 a month would barely make a dent in expenses for what it costs to raise a child. **And any monies ever received go directly to the child by either getting him what he needs OR putting it in his savings account.**
George you are wrong. . . and I would really like to give you a thumbs up, and can't believe that you have judged me like this KNOWING that we have answered similiar questions and had the SAME exact opinion about it. It doesn't bother me that you don't know for sure what I receive, but I have no reason to lie to strangers about it. You are also obligated, when applying for assistance, to PROVE how much is received if its through a court order. If you don't offer it up directly you can be denied because they enter your social into their computer and up pops ALL of your information, including child support. I can't believe that you aren't educated on this part. . .
ohh. . . and George, I'm not saying that I don't have to spend any of my income on the child, because I pay everything for my child. . . but I'm not the only one that should pay, the other blood line to the child should have to pay half as well. . . but for some, not all but some, that's like pulling teeth from a shark. There are many MANY many men and women who are obligated to pay child support and don't. If I was looking for a free ride, I wouldn't have a job would I?
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I live in Louisiana as well. How much you get depends on how many kids you have and how much the father makes at his job. Report him for not making the payments and look into getting other government aid...Food stamps, WIC if your child is under 5 years of age, income sensitive housing, medicaid, etc. There are avenues to turn to if you need help, you just mustn't be afraid to ask for help.
EDIT: You can still get income sensitive housing, even if you have a job. My sis and her husband had only one child, and they both had jobs, but they were still able to get income sensitive housing and they only had to pay about $150 a month on rent for a 2 bedroom apartment. And you should look into the other things as well, even if you have a job. Food stamps and etc. are not only for the jobless. It might be a good idea to inquire at the food stamp office anyway, or even at the Office of Child Services. Even if you made too much money to qualify for food stamps, there are lots of different programs and organizations that could help you, and the workers at Child Services could tell you about them. I do foster care and so am aware of a few of their services just because I'm involved with a lot of different case workers (I have 5 foster kids). And I was recently given a list of about forty different organizations and services to help mothers in need of help. It had come in a packet of stuff from OCS. Unfortunately, I threw it away because I didn't need it. Now I wish I had held onto it. I hope this helps.
I live in Louisiana as well. How much you get depends on how many kids you have and how much the father makes at his job. Report him for not making the payments and look into getting other government aid...Food stamps, WIC if your child is under 5 years of age, income sensitive housing, medicaid, etc. There are avenues to turn to if you need help, you just mustn't be afraid to ask for help.
EDIT: You can still get income sensitive housing, even if you have a job. My sis and her husband had only one child, and they both had jobs, but they were still able to get income sensitive housing and they only had to pay about $150 a month on rent for a 2 bedroom apartment. And you should look into the other things as well, even if you have a job. Food stamps and etc. are not only for the jobless. It might be a good idea to inquire at the food stamp office anyway, or even at the Office of Child Services. Even if you made too much money to qualify for food stamps, there are lots of different programs and organizations that could help you, and the workers at Child Services could tell you about them. I do foster care and so am aware of a few of their services just because I'm involved with a lot of different case workers (I have 5 foster kids). And I was recently given a list of about forty different organizations and services to help mothers in need of help. It had come in a packet of stuff from OCS. Unfortunately, I threw it away because I didn't need it. Now I wish I had held onto it. I hope this helps.
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