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<blockquote data-quote="wakeupcall" data-source="post: 116144" data-attributes="member: 2287"><p>I guess we fall into the category of teaching VERY slowly and with some kind of fun so he doesn't really know he's learning. husband has still been cutting his meat and I've been throwing a fit. HE'S TWELVE!! Good grief, I'm having to train husband, too! husband does it to avoid melt-downs, but I maintain he's not learning a thing that way. I'm beginning to win out on that one.</p><p></p><p>One of difficult child's new tricks is to belabor eating his meals, so that makes me have to stand and wait to finish dishes so that MY work will be done in the kitchen. One day last week I decided, ok...then YOU do all the dishes (not just his) when you're done. I still helped in that I stacked them, put away the salt and pepper, etc., but he was in charge of WASHING. He did it!! He didn't even complain too loudly.....and did a so-so job (though all I did was praise him!)! This waiting-on-hand-and-foot just has to end, I'm getting old!!!!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wakeupcall, post: 116144, member: 2287"] I guess we fall into the category of teaching VERY slowly and with some kind of fun so he doesn't really know he's learning. husband has still been cutting his meat and I've been throwing a fit. HE'S TWELVE!! Good grief, I'm having to train husband, too! husband does it to avoid melt-downs, but I maintain he's not learning a thing that way. I'm beginning to win out on that one. One of difficult child's new tricks is to belabor eating his meals, so that makes me have to stand and wait to finish dishes so that MY work will be done in the kitchen. One day last week I decided, ok...then YOU do all the dishes (not just his) when you're done. I still helped in that I stacked them, put away the salt and pepper, etc., but he was in charge of WASHING. He did it!! He didn't even complain too loudly.....and did a so-so job (though all I did was praise him!)! This waiting-on-hand-and-foot just has to end, I'm getting old!!!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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