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Before Breakfast

Checklists mean less nagging

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

People need reminding, but you don’t need to be the reminder

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0:00.0

Coming to Hulu this Friday and Saturday night, don't miss our 2023 iHeart Radio Music Festival.

0:05.3

The biggest superstars from all genres of music on one stage.

0:09.2

Food fighters, fallout boy, Kelly Clarkson, Lenny Kravitz, Travis Scott, Tim LaGraw, TLC, and more.

0:15.6

From T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it's the Can't Miss Music Events of the Year.

0:20.5

Our iHeart Radio Music Festival streamed live only on Hulu and listened on iHeart Radio stations.

0:26.0

Friday night and Saturday night starting at 10 p.m. Eastern 7 p.m. Pacific.

0:33.6

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.

0:39.5

Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:46.0

Today's tip is that checklists can reduce the amount of nagging necessary to get younger family

0:51.7

members or perhaps even other family members to do what they need to do.

0:58.8

So ideally children would wake up when they need to, dress and close the appropriate

1:03.4

for the weather, eat breakfast and brush their teeth, and pack up everything they need for the day

1:09.6

without reminding. Ideally they would do any chores they are responsible for without direction

1:16.2

and they would do homework and instrument practice with nearly a bit of input from their parents.

1:23.5

Needless to say, very few children do do all of this. Some do.

1:28.7

But many parents find themselves pursuing their kids with endless reminders.

1:33.5

Have you brushed your teeth? Go get your lunch box. Remember you have soccer today after

1:38.5

school so you need cleats and chin guards. Do you have your lunch box? Can you please take your

1:43.8

dishes to the sink? You can see that the dishwasher is there so why didn't you put your dishes in it.

1:50.9

Several years ago writer KJ Delantonia who is running the New York Times mother load blog at the time

1:56.6

drew a distinction between what kids can and will do if prompted and what they will do without a

2:03.3

reminder. Most kids do not rebel at being expected to take their dishes to the sink after dinner.

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