Yesterday I was considering buying a product online so I read some reviews. One caught my attention because it matched especially well the frustrating experience that had led me to consider buying the product. The reviewer’s comments were very positive. One of the options I had after reading it was to read her other reviews [...]
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Continued from yesterday and the day before… Habit and perspective The other thing to remember about the context of kids’ resistance is what has gone before. When children are young, we do everything for them. For a while we do everything for them because they can’t do it for themselves. Then, even after they become [...]
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(Continued from yesterday) Context What if when kids resist, it’s less about whether or not they think they should be expected to perform a given task and more about the context in which they’re asked to perform it? Paying attention to the context of resistance not only acknowledges where kids are coming from, it reveals [...]
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(I’m including here for the first time a summary of the post so it’s possible to get a glimpse of the content before… opting in… to the full text. Also this time I’m posting the text in parts, over a few days, due to its unusual length.) Summary: When kids resist chores, learning, and other [...]
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How do I get my child to __________? I hear this question a lot, with varying contents filling in the blank. For example, …hold her pencil right? …read more? …practice his violin? …keep her room clean? …spell better? In some ways these are all really different questions. The bedroom and violin and the spelling are [...]
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When you choose a contractor to work on your house or you consider a purchase or service of any kind, you expect a compelling argument for any costs you’ll incur in the course of the transaction. It’s how you protect yourself from spending too much on stuff you don’t need; how you get what you [...]
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