Hero Cards
I read an article on the NGJ site (linked on the right) about sibling rivalry and how to overcome it. Brye and Abbi usually play great together but lately Brye has been a bit controlling and bossy. This always ends badly as Abbi is deprived of the toy she had simply because Brye wants her to play with something else. So in search of someway to help the situation I found an article that had a very creative idea. It talked about how the older boy of about 3 was given Hero
Cards each time he did something that was really nice for his younger sister, about 18 months. After receiving 5 cards the boy was aloud to take the family out to something fun, anything the boy would like. After reading this I decided to give it a try and made some nice Hero Cards of our own, putting big stickers on the front and then writing a message on the back and then we had them laminated. I explained to Brye how she could earn one and what happened when she collected five. I told her that when she had earned five we could do whatever she wanted, we could go to Chick-Fil-A and get fruit (one of her favorite things to do) or we could all go to the movies, whatever she wanted. So far she has been really excited about the Hero Cards and has earned three so far. She knows she only has two more but I don't think she has decided what she wants to do yet. In order for Brye to earn a card I am looking for something that is extraordinarily nice of her towards Abbi. I want to really see her heart and know that in that time of her good deed she is really only thinking about loving her sister and not of anything selfish. Hopefully these cards will help bring out the more caring and nuturing side of Brye.
posted by We are the Taylors @ 8:49 PM
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