Mum makes her toddler son a ‘shopping officer’ complete with his own uniform so he behaves in the supermarket
A MUM makes her toddler son a ‘shopping officer’ complete with his own uniform so he behaves in the supermarket.
The anonymous mother shared the top tip to the Motherload Facebook group – and fellow members hailed it 'genius.'
Sharing her parenting hack to the 87k strong group, she posted three pictures of the 'genius' plan in action alongside the caption:
"My little dude is usually a royal pain in the butt when we go shopping, running off, shouting, just generally faffing about.
"So now I've made him the "Shopping Officer" after nursery told me that he enjoys being the Safety Officer there."
And the new approach seems to have paid off, as she wrote: "He was good as gold with his little hi vis and clipboard."
Within less than 24-hours of sharing, the post had already accumulated almost two thousand likes as well as hundreds of comments.
Many were quick to hail the idea as "brilliant" and "genius."
One wrote: "His high viz jacket is too cute. He looks totally engrossed in the task. Fantastic idea"
And another agreed: "I think this is a brilliant idea. Get them involved in the shopping and they get so excited they can help!"
Others were inspired to try it out themselves, writing "What a great idea, I'm going to steal this."
And some even requested further information like where the check list is from.
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To which the original poster responded that she "made it myself, just using Word and a pic of a trolley from google, then i googled pics of loads of different food, cut and and laminated everything and just stuck a bit of bluetack on."
Others shared their similar versions of the trick, with one revealing: "I did something like this for my grandson but on a key ring little cards with pics on it with food we eat."
And one group member was so impressed that they suggested she patent the idea and pitch it to supermarkets, writing: "You're a genius! This is such a good idea. You need to get in touch with supermarkets and get them to trial it for others too. A safety club!
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