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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3.5 DD has become interested in American Girl dolls after I gave her my childhood doll for Christmas. I showed her the doll website and my husband set up a tracker for her to “earn” money by reading books to save up for another doll. She knows there is a doll store and has been asking to go, and I’ve explained many times that we can look at the dolls to see which one you like, but that she needs to read more books to have enough money to buy one. She says “I have coins in my room”- which is true but obviously not enough for a doll.

Is it a good idea to take her to the store to browse dolls to motivate her to read more books? I want her to learn that it’s good to work hard to get something you want, but I am afraid it might be better not to visit the store unless we can leave with a doll.[/quote]

Yes, you talk them before they go to a store that this is  what you  are buying and  if she is  getting anything.  If she tantrums, you give her a warning, if she does it again, you leave the  store briefly and return when she stops and if she does it again she goes home and the next time she stays home.[/quote]

The whole point of going to the store is to somehow try to motivate her to read more.  This makes no sense at all.  [/quote]

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