My Question of the Day: You have two children, and they have two different personalities. One child, we’ll call him/her Sydney, does what you ask him/her to do when you ask it to be done and without delay. The other child, we’ll call him/her Shelby, waits until the last minute and/or right before your last straw to do what you ask him/her to do and/or to get things done.

One Saturday, you leave your two children home with a list of things for each child to accomplish during the day, and when you come home you see that both children have done everything they were supposed to do. Both children ask if they can go out with friends, and you tell them they can. However, you notice that Sydney isn’t happy about your decision. When you ask him/her what’s wrong, he/she explains to you that Shelby waited until about 30 minutes before you came home to do everything on the list while he/she (Sydney) did his/her part of the list immediately after you assigned the tasks. Sydney doesn’t think it’s fair that Shelby should get the same reward?

What do you think?

My 2 Cents: I can understand Sydney’s frustration with Shelby, but mom/dad didn’t give any directive about how much time had to be devoted to accomplishing the tasks.

Both children should get the same reward. Apologies, Sydney.

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