10 times

As kids get older, their hearing starts to deteriorate.

These days, in order to get them to do anything, you need to tell then ten times. Well, it's either the hearing or memory loss. Sometimes they forget what you tell them 3 seconds after they first hear it.

Whatever it is, it saps energy and causes frustration. For me, I don't raise my voice but remind them gently but sternly. It sometimes works, but normally doesn't.