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Sep. 19, 2007

WFMW The sandwich game

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My kids have at different times gone through a negative phase-- a time when one of them would have an Eeyore attitude about everything. My huband invented a game to counteract these tendencies. We sometimes play it at the dinner table just to help change the focus a bit. You say a positive, and then a negative, and then a positive. So you can say "I like being in 4th grade, but I think spelling is really hard this year, but I am glad I get to practice writing my spelling words in the sugar." So you make a sandwich of the negative with 2 positives for the bread.

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Sep. 19, 2007 - Nice WFMW

Posted by Tamara Cosby

I love this idea of the sandwiching of the negative..it gives them the "right" to feel upset about something...they can take ownership of their emotions and at the same time see that the good outweighs the bad!! NICE!

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Sep. 19, 2007 - Thanks for the tip!

Posted by Kelley

This could work for our (adult) small group too! Prayer request time seems to have a "downward spiral" effect sometimes. Maybe if we could "sandwich" our requests with our praises, it wouldn't feel like such a gripe session.

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Sep. 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Mrs. Brownstone

This is a wonderful tip!

We will definitely be trying it in this household!

Thanks for sharing.

Mrs. Brownstone @ http://xboxwife.blogspot.com/

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