A smart mother has come up with a great technique to make her children behave before Christmas by installing a fake surveillance camera above the Christmas tree.
26-year-old Delaney McGuire and her husband Tony from Little Elm in Aubrey, Texas found a ‘budget friendly’ solution to keep their kids from opening presents under the tree by installing a fake CCTV in the room.
In an interview with LADbible, Delaney said: “We were casually shopping at Five Below and came across fake cameras.
“My husband then thought of the idea to install them or – ‘Santa’ to install them – to keep an eye on them.
“My kids are great, but just have a hard time when it comes to chores. We were hoping for this to be a fun/creative way to drive them to do more.”
The mother-of-four added: “Elf on the Shelf just wasn’t for us, so we decided to think outside the box… and budget friendly!”
Delaney, the director of Kids R Kids Learning Academy, said her kids immediately accepted the challenge.
“The kids immediately reacted with excitement and curiosity. They right away wanted to impress Santa, and started asking for things to do,” she shared.
“I gave them a basket of laundry that needed folding and they got to it right away. They now fight about who is doing the most chores vs. who is getting the remote.”
Delaney shared a photo of the fake surveillance camera in action and her post quickly went viral, gaining over 123,000 shares and more than 74,000 reactions.
“When we posted this, we only intended it to be for our close friends and family to see,” Delaney expressed.
“Once it went viral we got to see lots of different opinions. Most of the comments were very positive and thought it was a great and clever idea!”
The witty mom added: “We don’t feel guilty for it, we are just using a different and fun method of getting their chores done. It may not work in three months, but for now we will take it!”
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