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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 9, he is old enough to do hard things. Kids need to be challenged, to fail, to try again, to see the progression toward a goal. While your son is doing “fine” he isn’t working hard at anything at all. To me, that’s a problem. He is just showing up, going through the motions to participate, then zoning out on a screen at home. You are wasting his brain. Find something for him to be challenged in. [/quote] This! School is easy for many, it will be very hard to manage when it gets hard. We prioritize working through something hard and getting all the endorphins from sucess at figuring something out thats not easy. Thats music for us and weekend language school. Limited screens. My kid reads for fun (books, magazines etc) for free time as well. For things that are easy we work on prioritizing and doing the work first and well and then enjoying ourselves. [/quote]
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