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[lizzybennet]

"If we have to pay you 5 cents every time we pick our nose, does that mean we can buy nose picks?"

-Petey's response to my decree that every time I catch them picking their nose they have to pay me 5 cents. I'm not trying to strike up a business deal here! I just want them to stop picking their nose in public!! I thought by fining them, they'd learn to pick their noses more discretely, like in the bathroom or something. Nothing doing. They've pretty much decided that it's worth paying the money.

What can I do?

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[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

Hold on, wait... shoot, I'll have to find it, but a couple of years ago we had this discussion with our two youngest about picking their nose. heh heh... but it was a website that showed just what WAS in a wee little booger.

[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/booger.html

[themenow.livejournal.com]

eeeewwww! I am sooooo not having kids *LOL*. I am sooooo going to use about five tissues every time I have to blow my nose. Then wash my hands 800 times with four different types of antibacterial soap.

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

lol, well, I shared the website with him. We read it together. He then asked if he could play the game (he saw the game links on the side.) I can just imagine how yucky a game about the evils of nose picking could be.

[jediwonderboy.livejournal.com]

haha! or, how a kid could think up a game with their own.

[alifeinfocus.livejournal.com]

I say change the negative consequence to a positive one. How about a dollar for every week they don't pick their noses in public? Of course, then you run into them finding creative ways to hide it. Kids can be so sneaky.

[serenitysoars.livejournal.com]

Wow, you are so much nicer than me!! Paying the child to *not* doing something that would drive me crazy? Hmmm... I'd fear them coming up with a series of get rich schemes. lol

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

There's no doubt in my mind that they'd never make to the end of the week. And, to be honest, I don't mind if they do it in secret. My big complaint is public nose picking. Like when we're at church and all three of them have their fingers in their nose at the same time. It's just too much.

[serenitysoars.livejournal.com]

r-o-f-l!! Oh my, don't know how to solve that problem.

Um... I do have a son who tends to miss the toilet when he is sleepy. He cleans the bathroom, and especially the bathroom floor, since he messes it.

Is Petey finding the garbage for all his nose mining? If not, in my house Petey would get to vacuum the carpet of every room he's caught picking his nose in.

[frizbeemom.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha... snicker... I have no idea! :)

Words of Wisdom by Petey D.

[themenow.livejournal.com]

*ROFL* It's stories like this that I always share with Mike. He and I both laughed so hard. He suggests that, like speeding tickets, you increase the fine. He says the fine should be large enough that the kids will think, "Gosh! It's too expensive to pick our noses in public."

Of course, we know absolutely nothing about children but we do find this story absolutely hilarious!!!

Nose Picking

[(Anonymous)]

So, the picking of the nose has become an affordable indulgence or a bargain luxury at the low price of just 5 cents. There's not much that 5 cents will buy these days. When I was their age a nickel bought a Coke! I was always told: " You can pick you nose. You can pick your friends but you CAN'T pick your friend's nose !" Bill