Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Elementary School-Aged Kids
Reply to "do you motivate your children by telling them how much you sacrificed for them?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]Not sure if the following is what OP means exactly. We certainly explain to our kids that their activities cost money and just as importantly, time. We don't expect certain results but we do expect a certain commitment, if we are going to be sacrificing money and time. The way this looks in practice might be something like "Sweetie, it costs a great deal of money to pay for your tap dancing and tuba lessons. Your dance and tuba instructors have asked you to do X and Y as practice during the week. If you aren't going to take the activity seriously by willingly doing what the instructor asks of you, that's your choice and that's fine, but in that case we'll have to stop paying for the activity and spending time taking you." This isn't guilt, it;s actually a matter-of-fact explanation of our limits/choices as parents. We aren't going to fund activities that DCs don't take reasonably seriously. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
