Archives for May 2011

Learning Can Be Fun

May 12, 2011 by Kathryn

“My five-year-old is struggling with writing. Well, he’s not so much struggling as he just hates it and thinks it’s a waste of time because it is in no way related to video games.”

Read more about how I’ve convinced him that writing can be fun on the Mom Congress blog at Parenting.com

“If your kids fully know that you’re completely unwilling to follow through on your threats, there’s no way they’ll trust you or do what you ask. I know this with my head but my heart and my laziness sometimes have a hard time laying down the smack. I give too many “chances” and then get frustrated when they whine and beg for ‘one more chance, just one more chance.'”

[Read more at Parenting.com]