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Reply to "DC, age 9, only responds "no". "
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[quote=Anonymous]Have you respectfully discussed why the answer is no? My child wants to do anything and everything. She's an extrovert, she thrives on being out and around people. All I wanted after school was to go home and be in my quiet peaceful predictable silent room. Sometimes, when my child asks to do Yet Another Thing my gut reaction is "no!" because I do not want to. Instead, we sit down with the calendar and any other relevant info (budget, whatever) and talk about it. What is your goal in having your child do things? Does your child know and understand that goal? How can you and your child work together to achieve that goal? (e.g. is it "I'm uncomfortable with you staying home alone, and I have to be at work. I'd like to sign you up for camp, what do you think?" or is it "I think it's important we be active and involved in things, when I was a kid I just loved baseball! I though it'd be fun to sign you up for baseball. What do you think?" or something else?)[/quote]
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