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Militant Parenting Tip - Time Hacks

1/2/2017

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You know that moment when it's time to get the kids out of the pool so you can head home and have dinner, but they're in the middle of playing with their friends and having a good time? Yeah, you know that's not going to go well.

I don't remember exactly when we started doing it, (UPDATE: It was because of this video) but giving time hacks to the kids for how much time they had left until it was time to wrap it up has alleviated an immense amount of stress in our life.
A time hack is simply a heads up to the kids that they've got a few minutes left until it's time to wrap it up and move on. If they know it's coming, I've found that there's significantly less conflict. Our particular flavor of time hacks draws on the technique used by the US Army Airborne Operations Command Sequence.
It's a call-and-response pattern that ensures that the kids have heard the time. I'll get their attention and call out loudly, "Fiiive minutes!" They're then expected to call back, "Fiiive minutes!" If they don't call it back to me, I'll call it out again and again until they do.
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You can see the time hack in action at 0:15 into the video above. The jump masters call out "Ten minutes!" and the jumpers respond back to confirm that they've heard and are ready.
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Militant Parenting Tip - Hand and Arm Signals

30/1/2017

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Hand and arm signals aren't just useful to tactical forces that need to communicate with each other when distance or noise discipline prevents verbal communication. They can also be put to good use with your kids when you end up in a noisy crowd and need to get your kids to rally up or hustle up.

Of course, none of these signals will make sense unless you coordinate them before hand with your kids so take the time to let them know what you mean with each signal so they know what's expected of them.

Rally Up
This signal is particularly useful to get your kids to come over to you or to a location that you specify.

​To make this signal, hold your fist slightly above your head with your index finger extended and move it in a circle.

After a few rotations point to the location where you want your kids to rally up.
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Hustle Up
Also known as double-time, this signal means, "Hustle up! We've got to go! Now!"

This signal is made by pumping your fist up and down several times. Imagine that you were a truck driver pulling the horn cord repeatedly. That's how you make this signal.

Cease Fire
While there is the potential that you might need to use this to tell your kids to stop shooting, it's more likely that you may just need them to stop whatever they're doing.

Make this signal by waving your hand in front of your face with your palm facing outward.
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Gas! Gas! Gas!
Yeah, I think we all know when this one is necessary.

Extend your hands and arms out straight and bend at your elbows so that your fingers touch your shoulders.

Sources
  • WildernessArea.com
  • David Brubakers
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