Bickersticks Changed My Life

Listen. Kids fight. They don't get along. They tease each other and press each others buttons. This is as predictable as Celine Dion's heart going on and on. I don't know about you but these little rifs affect me. Try as I might to go to my happy place and let my dear little angels figure out their problems, their little spats grate my nerves to no end. My sister Delynn spared my poor nerves the day she told me about bicker sticks on Pinterest.
Bickersticks.
Have you heard of them?
When I went to find them on Pinterest, they were nowhere to be found. As it turns out, they go by the name of  "The Get-Along Jar." Check it out.

Concept: an argument brews. You say the magic words, "Go get a bickerstick." Both culprits go to the jar. One of them takes out a bickerstick. (It may be necessary for you to draw a stick. After all, they're already fighting).They must do whatever the stick says. End of story. No re-draws, no disputes. You act out, you do the bickerstick. 
Here's a couple of examples:

• "Say three nice things about the other person.
• Turn on some music and dance together for at least five minutes.
• Read a storybook together, taking it in turns to each read a page.
• Set the table together.
• Clear out the car.
• Make up a ‘getting along song’ and perform it for the family.
• Make the other person’s bed.
• Write a poem for the other person"
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• Brilliant right? Maxabella from Parenting/Kidspot, I tip my hat to you, and thank you for your abounding genius.
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