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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 236714" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Daisy, at 13, it probably shouldn't be too much, but *should* isn't exactly a term that fits well with *difficult child*.</p><p>***</p><p>I wasn't there, so...was her interest in the horse feed genuine, or was she turly just bugging? I am sure you can't turn her loose to feed the horses, but maybe she can help you with that? *Help* being relative here - you can probably get it done faster on your own, but if you can supervise her mixing the feed for each horse and she can get the satisfaction of having done something helpful, maybe it would make the other work that isn't so interesting easier for her to swallow? And as always, time passes faster when you're busy. I dunno, just thinking. Wee difficult child's horse is an antique, so we feed her "antique horse feed" twice a day and use the weight tape frequently to track her weight. difficult child thinks this is fun, and while we can't turn him loose to do it on his own, he thinks he's big stuff when he gets to fill her feed bucket (supervised, of course) and every couple of weeks help with the weight tape (its the tape part he likes - but he realizes the feed and the tape readings go together). </p><p>***</p><p>If she has to go with you (which isn't hurting her a bit, really), just try to find some aspect of it that's interesting to her and go from there.</p><p>***</p><p>Sorry its this way tho. It makes thing hoover, doesn't it, when the simplest jobs become huge chores?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 236714, member: 1848"] Daisy, at 13, it probably shouldn't be too much, but *should* isn't exactly a term that fits well with *difficult child*. *** I wasn't there, so...was her interest in the horse feed genuine, or was she turly just bugging? I am sure you can't turn her loose to feed the horses, but maybe she can help you with that? *Help* being relative here - you can probably get it done faster on your own, but if you can supervise her mixing the feed for each horse and she can get the satisfaction of having done something helpful, maybe it would make the other work that isn't so interesting easier for her to swallow? And as always, time passes faster when you're busy. I dunno, just thinking. Wee difficult child's horse is an antique, so we feed her "antique horse feed" twice a day and use the weight tape frequently to track her weight. difficult child thinks this is fun, and while we can't turn him loose to do it on his own, he thinks he's big stuff when he gets to fill her feed bucket (supervised, of course) and every couple of weeks help with the weight tape (its the tape part he likes - but he realizes the feed and the tape readings go together). *** If she has to go with you (which isn't hurting her a bit, really), just try to find some aspect of it that's interesting to her and go from there. *** Sorry its this way tho. It makes thing hoover, doesn't it, when the simplest jobs become huge chores? [/QUOTE]
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