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respectfully, does anyone have tips on how to get kids to stfu!!! im actually losing it at my summer camp job and nothing is working. we can’t even line up what is happening.
24 upvotes, 22 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in serve cunt or die. "respectfully, does anyone have tips on how to get kids to stfu!!! im actually losing it at my summer camp job and nothing is working. we can’t even line up what is happening."
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Anonymous 10h

Competition works well for me, like ‘let’s see how quickly we can get into the a straight quiet line!’ ‘Let’s see if you all can be quiet the entire walk!’ Maybe giving them some type of reward as well like an extra minute of outside play time, drawing etc. Also pointing out the kids that are doing it right, you should always focus on the positives rather than the negatives and hearing peers get compliments typically makes the others shape up! ☺️

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Anonymous 14h

i just know this diva is a member of the luhjuhbuhtuhquoi community

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Anonymous 10h

I work at a camp and I genuinely just yell at them. It has never failed, if they keep not listening, take away privileges. For us we take away swim time if they don’t listen or we make them sit with the adults at lunch. I’m telling you. Yell. At. Them.

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Anonymous 10h

Humiliation rituals 😭

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Anonymous 11h

i work mainly at a camp for kids who need some extra support and what i’ve found most useful is setting expectations early (- when i say ___ you say ___ and then our sounds are off ok 👍) if this doesn’t work or they aren’t listening try bringing in someone else, the “fun” counselor (- if you guys are good and can listen we can visit ____ for a little bit before __activity__) if this doesn’t work you can also make a quiet game. my kids LOVE dead fish. be patient and remember that it’s just kids

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Anonymous 12h

Depends of the age of the kids honestly 💀

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Anonymous 12h

Reward them and consequences

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Anonymous 11h

How old?

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Anonymous 10h

Nobody in this thread serves cunt 😒 You all serve safe spaces and smiley faces

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Anonymous 11h

Bring a man into the picture. I find kids listen better to men. They don’t tolerate as much or give second and third chances. Second to that, command yourself like a man The other day I was at a doctors office and there were FOUR nurses coddling a boy because he scraped his knee and passed out from the sight of blood. All they could do was tell him how strong he was and covered him in ice packs from head to toe. Good Grief! All that boy needed was a man to tell him to stand up and walk it off.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 11h

For my own kids we have a silent game, where I count down from 3 and zip my mouth. Everybody zips their mouth. Whoever talks first loses. They know it, and nobody wants to lose. Call them a loser when they talk if you have to. Then repeat

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 11h

ooh - i’m a kindergarten teacher, what is dead fish??

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 11h

i love dead fish.. sometimes i play with them 😂 it’s a quiet activity where you have the kids all lay on the floor (personal bubble ofc) and they all pretend to be dead fish 😂. a lot of them use the time to meditate and lots of them fall asleep. if there’s kids who don’t usually nap you can set up a separate quiet activity like coloring. play some music and have at least 5-10 min of mandatory dead fish. it helps refresh them at least and reset

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 10h

If they’re younger, I use bubbles as a quick gameish way of getting them quiet. So i’m like ‘OMG, let’s see who can catch a bubble the quickest!’ And then call out kids who have a bubble in their mouth. And then you could say something like ‘Oh I love that you all have your bubbles in, I wonder who can keep it in for the ENTIRE time we rotate!’ Also, it’s really important that you seem excited and really into the “games” because that’s what’s gonna wanna make them do it for you yk?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10h

oh i do to my own kids bbg i just wouldn’t give that advice to someone else

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 10h

oh wow i LOVE this will be trying with my 23 kids tmw - will update

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 10h

Yep that’s my go to, taking away privileges and reintroducing new ones and raising my voice for sure. Told a kiddo I wasn’t being mean this morning, and said “I can def be meaner, Avery have I been meaner?” She goes “Ohhh yeah…I love you tho” Love you too gf

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 9h

the khia asylum called… they were looking for you

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 8h

thank you for the game suggestion. we’ve tried the first two and those haven’t worked so maybe the game will!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 8h

management has threatened us about yelling and taking punishments because “they should be having fun” but like we genuinely can’t do anything because it takes us 40 minutes just to line up!! it’s crazy like actually

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 8h

This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8h
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