IT’S YES DAY!! 🙌🏻 🙂↕️👍🏻🙂↕️👏🏻🙂↕️
A couple years ago, Brit and I were sick and tired of constantly hearing ourselves telling our kids “no” — even though we know it’s an important word for our children to hear as they learn to understand, respect, and need boundaries.
so while the word, no is still very much a part of our everyday vocabulary, we also wanted to focus more on rewarding the good and the extraordinary. So we created a “Yes Day” reward system.
We have two mason jars. One is the bank and full of tons of marbles… we’re talking hundreds. The other one is empty. And for every great, kind, unnecessary act of goodness or helpfulness, the kids would earn a gem. And once that empty jar gets full, the kids would earn their Yes Day.
The day is is held at a theme park — today’s is knottsberryfarm.
We agreed to say yes to most things within reason, meaning all the sugary snacks and drinks that we usually say no to. Dessert before dinner? You bet! A toy from the gift sh...
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