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March 1, 2012 at 10:19 am #15773April PerryKeymaster
The David Allen Company is working on a book about GTD for Kids and Teens. How do your children use these same techniques?
For example, we have a posted “Routines and Responsibilities” list in the kitchen, each child has a current project support cubby in the study center downstairs, and my children all file their emails away in folders so their inboxes are empty (they only get 10-20 emails a week from family members, at this point).
Any other thoughts?
March 2, 2012 at 11:25 am #15838Kelli ConnellParticipantI’ve introduced my 14 year old daughter to Mind Organization and set up a simple system with her. The parts she really uses are her Inbox and a Important Next Actions list that is posted on a clipboard on her desk. Her topics are “Home”, “Errands”, “Computer” and “Mom/Dad” (items to discuss with parents).
I currently have a support cubby for “Kid’s Projects”, but it’s always jam packed. I like the idea of a cubby for each child, I’ll have to do that.
March 2, 2012 at 7:42 pm #15870Kristine JonesKeymasterKelli, I love the idea of having your teenager maintain a list of things to discuss with parents! That seems like a great way to foster communication.
Each of my older kids have a paper tray for their cubby but they are ridiculously full. I think they fill whatever space they have (just like me) so I need to make it part of our routine to regularly purge (or I can just put things in the sneaky sorter and see if they notice).
March 2, 2012 at 7:47 pm #15871Kristine JonesKeymasterAnyone had any luck teaching kids how to use a simple planner? I bought paper planners for my 9 and 10 year olds last summer but it’s been a flop even though they were the ones begging me to have them. Are they just too young? I’m thinking just a Routine/Resposibility chart for the family, as April suggested, is a better route for their age.
March 4, 2012 at 12:50 am #15893April PerryKeymasterThanks, ladies! And Kristine, I had the same problem with paper planners for my girls. They just didn’t use them yet. Their schedules and assignments are still simple enough that they don’t really need the calendar, but I’m sure once they start Jr. High/High School it will be a different story!
March 5, 2012 at 8:17 pm #16068Chantol SegoParticipantMy 6th grader has a planner at school that she has to use for her assignments and have signed by a parent each day. It’s a great way to get them to start being organized. I’m lucky with her because she is an organization nerd like I am anyway. She put all of her school papers that are sent home into a binder divided by subject. She is definitely the easy one to work with. My younger daughter, however, is a completely different story and hates organizing! We’ve tried many various Routine & Responsibility charts, but have yet to find one that works well for us. I’m working to get them both into the habit of Next Action Lists.
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