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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 468785" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>This is a futile point - because you are in a system which does give elementary school children homework - but I hate the whole homework for small children thing. I might not have been as outspoken about it as your son, but I would have probably refused to do homework night after night (in the UK, in my time, kids at primary school never had homework - and I ended up going to university and graduating magna *** laude, so there you go <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) Evenings should be for play, relaxation, family time. Okay, so that's not the system you've got so... any way you can join in with Carson, saying "Yeah, I know this is a bore having homework, Carson, but let's get it done quickly and then we can do (something nice) together. What do you say?" Any chance that tackling the issue in a less serious, grim manner could also change his attitude? I am AMAZED at how making things "light" with my son makes him accept them. Just one random example - brushing teeth, which he hates. If I say, in a serious, grim tone of voice, "J come here, time to brush your teeth!" he will more than likely run away screaming. If I say in a jolly, warm tone of voice, "Okay J, toothy toothy time!", he will smile and come, more likely than not.</p><p>And I understand that jolly and warm is hard to do after a difficult day and with a child that is not easy. But you really have to defuse this homework tension by trying to see it from his point of view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 468785, member: 11227"] This is a futile point - because you are in a system which does give elementary school children homework - but I hate the whole homework for small children thing. I might not have been as outspoken about it as your son, but I would have probably refused to do homework night after night (in the UK, in my time, kids at primary school never had homework - and I ended up going to university and graduating magna *** laude, so there you go :)) Evenings should be for play, relaxation, family time. Okay, so that's not the system you've got so... any way you can join in with Carson, saying "Yeah, I know this is a bore having homework, Carson, but let's get it done quickly and then we can do (something nice) together. What do you say?" Any chance that tackling the issue in a less serious, grim manner could also change his attitude? I am AMAZED at how making things "light" with my son makes him accept them. Just one random example - brushing teeth, which he hates. If I say, in a serious, grim tone of voice, "J come here, time to brush your teeth!" he will more than likely run away screaming. If I say in a jolly, warm tone of voice, "Okay J, toothy toothy time!", he will smile and come, more likely than not. And I understand that jolly and warm is hard to do after a difficult day and with a child that is not easy. But you really have to defuse this homework tension by trying to see it from his point of view. [/QUOTE]
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