Privacy….hmmm…does not seem to be an easy thing to achieve especially when you have young children.  For instance, it shouldn’t be uncommon for children to eavesdrop or interrupt when dear daddy or mummy is busy on the phone.

I guess my boys are still too young to respect that their mother needs her own private corner.  Haha, I am not sure whether other children also regularly disrupt their mothers’ relaxing bath moments, just to finish their never-ending pieces of words. I often remember myself having to still answer persistent questions of the boys while struggling with shampoo in my mouth….. (Yes! The shampoo has got into my opened mouth because my children are often outside my bathroom door demanding an answer or telling their endless tales). Where is the privacy? So whether I am bathing or changing, the closed door does not seem to be a barrier to the children in getting what they want or intruding. It is strange why nobody in my family seems to respect the rule of knocking door despite reminders <Frown>.

Then I got an idea! I decided to constantly remind my boys of the importance of knocking before intruding/demanding their way into any locked door by making it graphical for them. The boys got to make entry signages and respect them. For now, they will be displayed outside my bathroom and I do hope that they will work wonders. I guess, sometimes, we have to be a little innovative to get our message loud and clear to the children <*Grin*>. 

Here are the artworks cum “pls do not disturb me” or “pls come disturb me” door signages by the boys <*Wider Grin*>. If they make it themselves, hopefully the message will be louder in their mind. Teaching kids to obey instructions, is certainly a discipline in life.

Haha...the lion is supposed to be a warning to children.

The cuddly pig gestures a warm and big welcome

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