(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Think of an on-going problem you have with your child. Discuss a win-win solution and remind each other when the problem arises.
Play a game with your child that has a definite winner. Explain how competition is ok when you play a game, but it is not ok in relationships.
“You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.”
~Bernard M. Baruch
Practice saying...
"You see it differently. Good! Help me understand!"
Fill your mom's bucket today. What did you say?
Write in your dialogue journal.
Encourage your children to work through sibling disputes. Don't always be the mediator. Praise them when they do.
Lose-Win:
Parents, You may be popular in the short run because you take the course of least resistance How will your find a vision or learn respect?
"A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece."
~Ludwig Erhard
Come up with a plan today to make everyone in your family happy. What will you do for each family member?
Cooperate with one of your siblings instead of fighting. What did you do?
Strong people don't put others down... they lift them up.
~Michael Watson
List how you lift up your family members.
As a family, model saying you are sorry when you yell, overreact or accidentally blame someone for something they didn't do.
Fill your brother or sister's bucket today. What did you say?
Parents: Set clear expectations about chores, bed times, and watching tv. This will make win-win situations easier to attain.
The key to your family culture is how you treat the child that tests you the most. Who is that child? How do you treat them?
Help your family solve a problem. What did you do to help?
Win-Lose:
Parents, You're bigger and stronger so you win in the short run but are you emptying your child's emotional bank account. How are they learning to make good choices?
Parents: Praise your child for one thing each day.
Do something nice for a brother or sister today. How did it make your feel?
"What is important to another person must be as important to you as the other person is to you". ~Stephen Covey
Give an example.
Are you focusing on WHAT is right and not WHO is right?
Fill your dad's bucket today. What did you do?
Try this...
“If we are to live and work together, we have to talk to each other."
~Eleanor Roosevelt
