4 Responses to do it NOW!

1. 
   Val said: On July 25, 2010

   I can’t get my husband to understand the meaning!
2. 
   Pam said: On August 2, 2010

   Adding the incentive of ‘do blah before you go out tonight’ always worked for me. They knew that really meant ‘do blah else you’re not going out tonight.’
3. 
   valentina said: On August 6, 2010

   I found my tween and teens never responded well to absolutes such as the word NOW, so I gave them more of a time frame. I would say ‘can you please clean your room before dinner,’ rather then right now. It gave them a little more freedom to work with in the case they may have been tired or busy or whatever.
4. 
   greatmum said: On August 6, 2010

   One thing I discovered after raising 6 children and going through 6 separate stages of puberty and all that goes with it – you have to be a little considerate of your child and treat them more like you would like to be treated yourself, rather then an object to be pushed around. I found if I asked my son to put the rubbish out now and it was in the middle of his favourite show, I would get an argument. But if I asked my son to put out the rubbish when the very first commercial in his favourite show had come on, he was much more co-operative. You wouldn’t want to be interrupted in the middle of your favourite show either (even if you think the show is garbage) so be more considerate.