A Place For Every-Thing!

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Having two children that are close in age I know first hand how little arguments can turn into huge battles and as a parent I feel like I am always the one in the middle trying to keep the peace.  It is very stressful sometimes for me sometimes. So when I was given the opportunity to review The Pocket Referee I was ready to try it and at the same time a little skeptical about how it would actually work with my kids.

What is The Pocket Referee?(taken from site)

This beautiful solid metal coin is imprinted with the Referee on the front and a treasure chest on the back. The instructions for it's use are embossed on each side. “Get the Choice - Pass the Coin” and “Pass the Choice - Keep the Coin”. It is designed to feel like the authentic treasure that it will quickly become.

What else does it do?

Empowerment: It gives kids the power to settle their own disputes without adult intervention. No one has to be the “cry baby” who reports to their parents to get what is fair.

Deferred Gratifications: Kids tend to be focused on the “right now” without too much concern about what happens in the future. Having the choice of now or later helps them understand that something later may be better than something “right now”.

Keep the Peace: Now when a conflict arrises all mom, dad or grandma has to ask is, “Who has the Ref?” And the kids can quietly work out the issue on their own.

The Pocket Referee is Safety Tested (taken from site): We share your concerns about children's product safety and for that reason we have ensured all of our products are tested for safety. Also, we have gone to the added expense of ensuring our products and assembled and packaged in the US.

My Thoughts:

When I received our Pocket Referee I immediately opened it and handed it out to my son first.  I found it very easy to explain the use of the The Pocket Referee to both my children.  I instantly noticed a difference in my kids.  My son loved the coin and he really made tough decisions so that he could keep possession of the coin.  I had never seen him pass on some of the things he normally would try to argue about. My son loves to always go first in everything and with the coin he was able to step aside with out being told to do so.  I honestly was impressed with the changes they both made.  We have been using The Pocket Referee for a couple of weeks now and it is still working great.  Thank you The Pocket Referee for making my days a little less stressful!  

Buy it:

You can buy The Pocket Referee for $12.95 and The Pocket Referee Special Edition Gold Finish Coin for $15.95 from Amazon.com or you can Click here to view a list of stores that carry The Pocket Referee.

Win it:

One of our readers will win one Pocket Referee of their own.

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Please make sure that you leave your email address in your comment or that it is available in you profile. I will email the winners. Please be honest with posting your entries. I do check and will delete any invalid comments! I will use Random.org to choose the winner. This giveaway will end on January 19, 2011 at 11:59 pm, C.S.T. This giveaway is open the US only! The winners will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is selected.

Disclaimer: The Pocket Referee provided me with this free product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. I received no monies for this post. The opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine!