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Hi. This is just something I tried recently that I thought I would share in case someone could use the idea. We put up a new four swing swingset last year. Since we could use two of the old blue swings we used those on one end and my husband bought two new yellow swings for the other side. One of the boys' favorite color was blue so he always wanted to choose the blue swing on the end. Over time, the younger children started to believe that the blue swing was the most desirable and they always wanted that one or the other blue swing. It eventually became an everyday hassle with someone crying because he wanted the blue swing. I tried different ways of taking turns with that beloved blue swing but that didn't solve that "fight" over the blue swing/s. Finally two weeks ago, I had this major lightbulb moment and decided to alternate the colors of swings with the blue no longer on the far end. I couldn't believe how easily that solved the problem. NO ONE has yet to claim the blue swing in ...See More
Schari I'm glad you solved the problem!

Lol - such a simple thing and it brings such peace. Wonderful.

On 5/13/10, montmo wrote: > Hi. This is just something I tried recently that I thought > I would share in case someone could use the idea. We put up > a new four swing swingset last year. Since we could use two > of the old ...See More
May 14, 2010


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