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Ruminating here, wondering if I missed the boat, or if the dock never got built.


Can a difficult child be taught problem solving skills?  Has your kid successfully solved problems?  Is it an innate ability that is built on, or is it a process that can be learned from the ground up? 


"difficult child" is a rather broad term here, I know.  A rigid thinker is going to have a different process (I would think) as opposed to a magical thinker as opposed to the flat out defiant not-going-to-solve-a-problem-ever thinker, but I was just wondering if anyone's ever really focused on this concept and been successful in getting their kid to independently get from point A to point C, hitting point B on the way?  What strategies did you use to get your kid to move past the "thinking about it" stage to actually *doing* it?  Are there any tried and true tricks?


Is it a function of age, maturity, cognitive ability, emotional stability, wiring, or just plain old luck?


There's good problem solving (how to manage time, graduate, clean a room, etc.) and bad problem solving (how to successfully get away with whatever) but they're both solving problems.  At this point, I'd take either skill set.  ;)


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