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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks, all. I let it go.

My bigger question -- for her teacher, I guess -- is how to get her to work hard on things that don't come easy to her. 99% of her homework she can do in 2 minutes, effortlessly, and the [b]1% that causes any amount of challenge totally throws her for a loop[/b].[/quote]

I find this to be the case with my 1st grader.  She often feels "afraid" to tackle harder things because she thinks she can't do it and/or will fail at it. I think she is somewhat of a perfectionist and is afraid that she won't do a good job.   It could be academics or sports related, ie, learning to ski, skate, ride a bike, etc..    I am trying to tackle this.  I think DD looks at the whole problem and feels overwhelmed.  I'm trying to teach her to take it one step at a time.  What's the first thing you need to do?  What is the problem you are solving, etc...  It's getting better.  Often times, of course, she will fail the first time. I'm trying to teach her that it's ok to fail, but if you don't keep trying, that's a bigger failure.

But, I think sometimes my DD has a bit of laziness about her where she doesn't want to put in any effort if it's too hard.  I'm trying to tackle this, too.[/quote]

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