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[quote=Anonymous]My 6 year old has chores: empty the dishwasher, vacuum, brush the cat, clean her room, wipe down her bathroom. She usually gets to choose 1 or 2 per day. I give her the ability to make choices I don’t agree with, but let her know there could be a negative consequence. “If you keep doing backward somersaults off of the bed, you could hit your head and hurt yourself. It’s up to you, though.” When she’s disrespectful or disagreeable, I give her the benefit of the doubt, but try to frame things to make her change her behavior. If she snaps at us and refuses to do a chore, I’ll say, “I bet you were so busy with xyz that you forgot to do abc like you were supposed to. I bet that you’ll do abc after you finish xyz, right?” When all else fails, I take away screen time. Still working on perseverance and problem solving. [/quote]
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