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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 7yo and we've been encouraging her to push her boundaries now for years. It is her who holds herself back, I don't force things but I tell her if she is comfortable... She rarely is. So my hijack is, do you MAKE your dc do these things or do you ASK them? What if they say no? [/quote]

Generally I believe in forcing kids to level up. But if they don't want to go down the water slide, then they have the natural consequence of being left behind when all their friends go without them. If they won't order food at a restaurant, then they don't get food. If they won't do their laundry, they won't have any more clean clothes. [/quote]

Some of this is mean. [/quote]

+1. Not only mean, but also unnecessary and a good way to develop an adversarial relationship with your child (you let a young kid go hungry if they are too shy to order their own food? Come on). Parents are there to guide and teach their kids, not snap their fingers and demand absolute compliance with a consequence of no food or clean clothes. [/quote]

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