Googly Eyes to defuse domestic tensions.

My new Sunday evening strategy to deal with teenage apathy regarding chores.

I devised a googlyeyed plan to address an ongoing issue.

Usually by Sunday evening I am sick of hearing myself nag about the washing of dishes.

In the past my process goes something like this.

Request, remind, discuss planning, bargain.

Then things pretty swiftly escalate by Sunday afternoon to raising my voice, often a device, usually the phone, is confiscated at some point and a rant about privilege not a right, accompanies it.

I need to lose my mind to shift the adolescent.

Eventually the tasks get completed, but I have to be the bad guy, it feels exhausting, I don't like it.

It is a boring and repetitive pattern and I'm tired of it.

I don't want to end the weekend with anger over boring domestic duties.

JUST DO IT!!!

So I thought about not having completed my goal of a 3D art work this weekend, and I thought about my toddler @littleblue's new found keenness for the googlyeyes, which we dug out for his entry into the clay contest.

I decided to build an installation art work from the growing pile.

I spent way to much time on this.

I could have washed it all myself several times.

The sponge certainly was not impressed.

As for the liquid soap.
How do you read that expression. I have no idea what's going on behind those eyes. 👀

As for these two.

They look like a pair of cheeky trouble makers. Don't you think?

Most importantly, tension was defused.

We had a laugh and eventually the boring jobs get done.

Googlyeyes save the day. AGAIN!

It turns out I could get a better outcome by changing my approach.
Although I might edit out that admission before this post is dedicated to the chain.

Utilising googlyeyes as a therapeutic de-escalating behavioural alteration technique.