kids........... anyone have

[dismom9761]

We did make WDW a "NO Whine Zone" for my DD6.We'll see....

 

[bobcat]

On our first trip to WDW we established that there was no fighting on vacation. Up until this last year it worked pretty well but we did have to take a the second day off from the parks because they were picking on each other. After that they got the point and we had a much better vacation.

 

[BoCat]

My boyfriend & I are going in September. We have no kids. But I thought I might take my 8 year old nephew with us. He's never stayed in a hotel, rode on an airplane or been anywhere away from home for more than a day or two.
We plan on staying at the WL--the problem is that my boyfriend thinks we should also take my other nephew (brother of above nephew)who's 5. He thinks the 5 year old will feel left out. I told him the 2 of them don't get along very well(I know from experience)Where as my boyfriend really hasn't spent alot of time with both the boys. I believe if I tell the 5 year old that we will one day take him that he would be fine with that. Honestly, i don't even think he really knows too much about Disney--I've had to teach him the names of most of the characters. What do you think??

 

[hipporina]

I am so worried about fighting on our trip too. We aren't going until late Sept/ early Oct, but I'm already stressing about that. We have 4 adopted kids (9,7,5,4) and we have only all been together 8 months. They fight so much I feel more like a police officer than a mother! My mom swears to me that it is normal and that I fought with my sisters like that, but I can't believe we were this bad!

On our last trip, we had 2 of the kids and they were perfect the whole week we were gone. I'm hoping that it will happen that way again.

I try to teach my kids that their family is the most imnportant thing and they need to treat them with respect, but they have a hard time with that concept. For them, family has never been permanent, so they are still adjusting to the idea that this one is. My sisters are my best friends now and I point that out to my kids all the time. Hopefully someday they will get it.

One thing I do is keep little pieces of candy with me. Then when 2 or 3 of them are being rotten, I reward the one(s) that keep out of it. It usually stops the other kids pretty quick. Then I try to catch them all being good for a while and reward them all. That would work at WDW too.

There have been some really great ideas on here. Keep them coming.

 

[Daisy'sMom]

I completely agree with rewarding spontaneous good behavior! It is SO important for kids to be praised for their good behavior. Good rule of thumb: 5 praises for every 1 negative comment and those praises should not include a lecture on why they should always be good. Why bother being good if they are going to get a lecture anyway? It just negates the positive part of the praise.

I'm sure everyone on this thread already knew all this, but I work with many parents that don't so it's just natural for me to want to include this suggestion.

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