A Savior for Kids Who Hate Washing Hands?! "Hand-Washing Tickets" [Childcare]

I'm at my wit's end.

Ever since my child turned two,
they've stopped washing their hands before meals.😂

We've entered what the world calls
the "terrible twos."

Now, what should I do?

In times like these,
I want to rely on that person!

Help me, Teacher T!

This person is someone who,
while working as an active childcare provider, shares advice on how to interact with children through the media.

Teacher T explained the following
in his video.

He introduced three methods in total,
but the third one seemed like it would resonate most with my child.

Alright! Let's give it a try!

I'll start making the tickets right away.

I could make them from scratch,
but to save as much time as possible,
I'll look for images online that I can use as-is.

Searching for [Hand-Washing Ticket].

Nothing.😂

Surprisingly, car wash tickets showed up instead.

I switched from [All] to [Images],
but they didn't exist.

Even when I changed the search keywords, nothing came up.

So, I'm changing my strategy.
I decided to proceed with a plan to modify the images slightly.

What I came up with is a "shoulder massage ticket."

When I searched immediately,

I found a cute one!

I'm going to edit it this time, but
when the kids get older,
I think I'll let them use it as a shoulder-massage ticket.

I edited it using the image editing software "Photoshop".

It looks good.

After that, I'll cut it with a utility knife after printing, and
the story of how I made a painful ○○○○○I'll also stick on the Picchin-kun that appeared in the previous post.

This is a transparent, soft sticker that
protects the paper from water and dirt.

And here is the finished product.

How to use it is simple.
When it's time to eat,
I hand the child a hand-washing ticket.

I'll place a collection box in the washroom.

The child just needs to put it in when they find the collection box.

Well, I'm going to start using it right away!
I'm so nervous! 😆

Day 1

"It's dinner time. Let's wash our hands."
"No way!"
"Today is special! What is this?"
"What's that!!"

It's a huge success!

Day 3

"It's dinner time. Let's wash our hands."
"No way!"
"Do you remember? What is this?"
"!" *Reaction is weaker than before

If so, I have no choice!

Special move! Moving the collection box! 👊

It's in a different place today.
Can you find where it is?"
"!!" *Regains the reaction from the first day

Day 10

“It’s time to eat! Let’s go wash your hands.”
“No way!”
“Look! I’ll give you a hand-washing ticket!”
“(Pfft)”

Oh my god 😂

It seems that since we did this about 30 times over 10 days (3 meals a day),
my strategy has been completely figured out.

Perhaps I need to get creative,
like increasing the variety of card designs.

However, if I were to make them that often,
I would get exhausted, so I gave up on that idea.

So,
unfortunately, it didn't become the savior of our household.

As a side note,
my child has a tendency to want to touch my smartphone,
so I also made a smartphone ticket that allows for 10 minutes of screen time.

Since the limit is 20 minutes per day,
I planned for them to use it in two 10-minute sessions in the morning and afternoon,
but things didn't go according to my plan.

As soon as they wake up in the morning,

“Give me the smartphone ticket!!”

They use up all 20 minutes immediately.

What's more,
they've been using this one for about three months now.

It seems they won't use it unless there's a tangible benefit after all 😂

As for hand-washing,
I hope to try again with a different idea someday.