Kids and Waste

By them each their own bottle of shampoo and conditioner, give them their roll of Tp and then tell them how long it must last...if the run out they will need to borrow from one another and if someone chooses not to lend then so be it. Now I would keep some extra TP available--without their knowledge--in case the inevitable happens, but shampoos and conditioners let them suffer some consequence...it won't hurt them. And I would take some coins from their piggy banks if they are deliberate and testing---they don't don't have to know if you took the full amount of the replacement cost or just a few coins to make a point (you can always put it back later when they are not looking.)

With the many kids that I have, I have had to keep all spares of toilettries and all lunch and breakfast non perishables locked in an upstairs closet to be distributed daily for years...it's all I could do considering I spent about $1,200.00 a month for food to begin with.

Just the other day I got back from the market and decided to set a test to see if we had outgrown this need. I set out a package of cookies at 4:00 and by 5:45 the entire package was gone and only 4 of the kids were home. They exhibit no self control and no curtousy...so again I will have to hide and distribute the snacks or go broke trying to supply and appease each and everyone of them.

Of course my step kids think I am an orge for this, but it's just a way to try and stay in the black rather then the red.

good luck!

Shawna
Mother to seven
Author of Intimate Reflections
www.Xlibris.com/IntimateReflections

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"If you want your children to be bright, read them fairytales-- if you want them to be brilliant, read them even more fairytales" Albert Einstein