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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I wouldn’t try to teach them myself. Kids tend to push back against their parents and sometimes it turns them off from the whole activity generally. [/quote]

Every child is different, but this is my experience as well[/quote]

My theory is that when we are doing activities my DD thinks of as "playing" or "kid activities", she thinks of me as a peer. So she responds to my coaching the same way she would respond to one of her friends trying to coach her on an activity they were doing together. It would be annoying!

But a teacher or coach is different because this person is presented as an expert in this area. So it feels natural to take instruction. And parents can be experts, they are just rarely true experts in sports or art or whatever, and kids know this. Even if you know a lot more than them, they know you aren't a professional and instinctively resist your amateur guidance.

Kids are super smart.[/quote]

So true[/quote]

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