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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 205821" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi, welcome Overwhelmed.</p><p> </p><p>I, too, am wondering what this girl's behavior was like b4 her mother died.</p><p> </p><p>At any rate, I agree, that only you and your husband should sign school notes. Email the teachers, talk to them in person, whatever you have to do. Make sure they understand that your daughter will insist that it's okay to have grandma do it and that the teacher must be more insistent. Be sure to tell the grandmas that they are now out of the game as far as school is concerned.</p><p> </p><p>Is there a place to take your daughter after school to have her do her homework, away from the grandmas? </p><p> </p><p>We had the same issue, finding something good that our son had done. It was SO hard. But I started with-tiny things, like, "Thank you for using a nice voice." or "Thank you for feeding the dogs."</p><p> </p><p>The other thing I did was change my expectations and give clearer instructions. I'd expect him to feed the dogs right now, and he'd think he could feed them any time b4 midnight. So I was more explicit. I'd say, "You can feed the dogs anything in the next half hr. I think during a commercial would be a good time."</p><p> </p><p>You've got an added layer with-the grandmas at home. Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 205821, member: 3419"] Hi, welcome Overwhelmed. I, too, am wondering what this girl's behavior was like b4 her mother died. At any rate, I agree, that only you and your husband should sign school notes. Email the teachers, talk to them in person, whatever you have to do. Make sure they understand that your daughter will insist that it's okay to have grandma do it and that the teacher must be more insistent. Be sure to tell the grandmas that they are now out of the game as far as school is concerned. Is there a place to take your daughter after school to have her do her homework, away from the grandmas? We had the same issue, finding something good that our son had done. It was SO hard. But I started with-tiny things, like, "Thank you for using a nice voice." or "Thank you for feeding the dogs." The other thing I did was change my expectations and give clearer instructions. I'd expect him to feed the dogs right now, and he'd think he could feed them any time b4 midnight. So I was more explicit. I'd say, "You can feed the dogs anything in the next half hr. I think during a commercial would be a good time." You've got an added layer with-the grandmas at home. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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