  
Make Your Kids Bathroom Shower Into An
Adventure With A Few Great Bathroom Ideas
Getting your kid to take a shower or bath can be a
chore. But not if you know how to make it an adventure. Start
with the right look then the rest is easy.
I know some pretty serious
disciplinarians. Some of my fellow parents, and even some of my
friends, spend a lot of energy disciplining their children.
Instead of finding ways to work with them, they find ways to
make them obey blindly. I understand that it is important to
have obedient children, but I think there are better ways to
handle it than by punishing them. Punishment is necessary, but
the most important thing is to make the child feel like a part
of his or her own life. If he or she understands that the
decisions that he makes matter, he will be more likely to obey
what you have to say. With freedom comes responsibility, but
with responsibility also must come freedom.
I always try to include the kids in decisions about
household decorations. For example, they have to take care of
cleaning the bathroom, but they get to pick out the kids shower
curtains. They have to keep their bedrooms clean, but they get
to pick out kids blankets. They rotate who gets to pick out the
kids shower curtains. This time, it is my daughter's turn. She
has picked out a frog shower curtain which is one of the most
adorable things that I've ever seen. Her kids shower curtain
will stay up for the next two weeks, during which time she has
to take care of the bathroom. After that, one of the other kids
shower curtains gets to be put up.
I did not come to this decision
arbitrarily. I don't let them put up their own kids shower
curtains because I have given up on getting them to listen to
me. On the contrary, I want them to listen to me. I want to
teach them that with work comes rewards. If my son wants to put
up his lighthouse shower curtains, that is fine, but he has to
keep the tub totally clean. If my youngest daughter wants to
put up her kids shower curtains, she has to try cleaning
the bathroom herself.
She is very young, and has not been assigned chores yet, but
soon she will. Instead of dreading them, she will actually
enjoy them. She will see them as a sign that she is getting to
the age where she enjoys the same rights and privileges as the
older kids. The kids shower curtains symbolize this, as do
their bedsheets.
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