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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 80904" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>How funny. My difficult child can (and will, if forced) shop for anything. I quit taking responsibility for his clothes years ago. We go, and he knows his current size (Sometimes I ask if they are tight), decides what is cheapest per pair, and gets them. </p><p></p><p>BUT it took 2 years of homeschooling and FORCING him to do this on a weekly basis with the grocery shopping. I went alone to do the big shop, but kept a small list to take him to shop for. He had to evaluate cost per unit, quality (taste, how clothes were made, did that brand last well last time we bought it, etc), and if he had enough in his budget to get it or if it was a luxury we could do without.</p><p></p><p>He made some mistakes, and some strange to me choices, but danged if at 15 he can't take care of this. But it was really important to me to force it, and this may be one of the few skills he really got.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your difficult child, glad he could return them.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 80904, member: 1233"] How funny. My difficult child can (and will, if forced) shop for anything. I quit taking responsibility for his clothes years ago. We go, and he knows his current size (Sometimes I ask if they are tight), decides what is cheapest per pair, and gets them. BUT it took 2 years of homeschooling and FORCING him to do this on a weekly basis with the grocery shopping. I went alone to do the big shop, but kept a small list to take him to shop for. He had to evaluate cost per unit, quality (taste, how clothes were made, did that brand last well last time we bought it, etc), and if he had enough in his budget to get it or if it was a luxury we could do without. He made some mistakes, and some strange to me choices, but danged if at 15 he can't take care of this. But it was really important to me to force it, and this may be one of the few skills he really got. Good luck with your difficult child, glad he could return them. Susie [/QUOTE]
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