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What am I worried or stressed about? - Coggle Diagram
What am I worried or stressed about?
Kids
What about it am I worried about?
My kids will destroy this beautiful house that we spent so much money on.
Can I control this?
No, I cant control this but the thought is catastrophic.
Is this possible?
Not possible since even though kids are destructive they can only do so much damage but not enough to destroy the entire house.
What can I do?
Continue cleaning the house and have the kids clean up the messes that they make to teach them responsibility and to clean up after themselves.
What is the worse that can happen?
Kids actually destroy the house but highly unlikely unless my wife and I totally just give up taking care of the house and the property.
My kids will continually break toys that we buy them so what is the use in buying them toys.
Can I control this?
No, the only thing that I can control is the toys that I buy them but I cant control them breaking their toys or the toys that others buy for them.
Is this possible?
Yes because they are kids and its in their nature to be rough with toys.
What can I do?
Not much really except for taking their toys away everytime they break them but that is after the fact.
What is the worse that can happen?
The kids no longer have the toys anymore and I have wasted money on the toy. Well the money wouldnt have been wasted because the toy was played for which was the whole point of me buying the toy in the first place.
My kids will knock down the television in the gym.
Can I control this?
I cant control the kids from knocking the television down. The only thing that I can control is not having the television in there at all but that television is a good addition in that gym so I would like to keep it in there. So its a risk I will have to take.
Is this possible?
Yes it is but the kids typically stay away from the TV when they are in there.
What can I do?
Nothing except move the TV which I wont do.
Whats the worse that can happen?
Kids knock over and break television but its an old television and my mother has passed leaving a backup television.
My kids will knock down the television stand in living room.
Can I control this?
Yes and No. All I can do is tell them to play in their room when things get rowdy. But when I go back into the office, I wont be here to prevent it from happening.
What can I do?
Tell them to play somewhere else when things get rowdy.
What is the worse that can happen?
They knock down the television stand, and I have to put it back together. Which is actually not a big deal now that I think about it.
Is this possible?
Yes, but I cant always be here to prevent it from happening.
My kids will knock into something and break something valuable because they didnt stop running.
Can I control this?
Yes and No, cant control kids from not breaking something but can try to put things out of the way so that kids dont break those things to the best of my ability.
What can I do?
Move the things that I can and not worry about that the things that I cant move.
Is this possible?
Yes, because they are kids and they like to run around the house but they typically dont break stuff.
What is the worse that can happen?
They break something that is expensive and I have to replace it.
My kids will break their kid beds because they cant lay still in them.
Can I control this?
No I cant make my kids lay still because they have a lot of energy and cant sit still.
What can I do?
Just tell them to relax but that is it.
What is the worse that can happen?
They break their bed but that is not so bad since its hurt them more than anything else and I wont be buying them a new bed anytime soon.
Is this possible?
Yes but not much I can do about it but give them time out for jumping in the bed to try to limit the behavior that will cause the beds to break.
My kids will knock down the television on the wall in the basement because they are throwing a toy they are not supposed to be throwing.
Can I control this?
Yes and No, I cant control what kids do with their toys but I can control the type of toys that they have downstairs like just have soft toys downstairs.
What can I do?
Just have soft toys down stairs so that if the kids do throw the toys and it hits the television it wont damage it.
What is the worse that can happen?
Toy hits television and it breaks or child gets seriously injured because television falls on top of them. We will have to buy new television or get that television fixed. If television falls on top of child we would need to take child to hospital.
Is this possible?
It is possible but the kids are older and dont throw toys that much. They are also pretty well behaved while in the basement.
Kid gets hurt or one kids hits another and we end up having to go to the hospital and waste time and money.
Can I control this?
Nope
What can I do?
All I can do is when it does happen make sure that the kids are okay and punish the kid that hit the other one before it gets out of hand. Punish meaning give that one kid timeout everytime they do it to try to minimize the bad behavior to the best of my ability.
Is this possible?
Yes, because kids are rough with one another and this has happened before.
What is the worse that can happen?
Have to take them to the hospital but again this is kids being kids and this is all pretty much out of my control and I just have to monitor them to the best of my ability but most of the time we can stop it before that occurs but if we go to the hospital it shouldnt be very long and if it is so be it I can always keep myself busy with my smart phone while we wait.
That they will knock down one of the Christmas Trees.
What is the worse that can happen?
They knock it down and I have to put it back up.
Can I control this?
No, because I cant always watch them and accidents do happen all I can do is when I am able to see them let them know to be cautious.
Is this possible?
Yes, because they are kids and kids can be reckless.
What can I do?
Not much but make aware to play somewhere else when things get rowdy.
House
What about it am I worried about?
Making sure the house is always clean and doesn't get cluttered.
Can I control this?
Yes by cleaning on a regular basis but not going overboard. Just doing a little at a time on a regular basis.
Something inside of the house breaks and I have to pay an arm and a leg for it.
Can I control this?
No not really. Living in a house produces a certain wear and tear so to speak so things in the house will more likely get old with use the only way that they wont is if we dont use them which wont make any sense then we couldnt really live in the house because most of these things are necessities for living in the house. The only thing that I can control is to check on these things on occassion and fix what I can before they get worse but only if I can afford it at the time.
So what can I do?
Basically check things around the house on occassion and make sure to maintain things that need regular maintance so that I dont have to spend an arm and leg on it later on to fix. Dont need to go crazy with this though.
Is this possible?
Yes because anything built with human hands is bound to break but there is no use in worrying about it because it is out of my control apart from getting it fix when it does break or getting it maintained on a regular basis to eliminate future costlier repairs.
What is the worse that can happen?
A critical thing like the roof breaks or the AC/heater breaks. Well if this happens this out of my control and we would just to have to see if insurance can cover it, if not then we would have to see if we can get money somewhere else, if not then we would have to live somewhere else since the house wouldnt be liveable until we get the thing fixed. Worrying wouldn't fix this.