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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Your main problem is not the teacher or the work. My son is a 7 year old second grader who just turned 7 in August - so he won't be 8 till next August. But he would definitely never refuse to work with me to do school work or homework. I would simply not tolerate it. Nor would I tolerate him "barely even talking to me." He's 7, it is my house, and I will not be treated that way. Any and all privileges, ipad time, tv, play dates would be gone until the situation changed. The math problem itself is somewhat difficult, and the fact that there was a seeming mistake in the problem makes it more difficult, but it is definitely something that my 7 year old second grader could ultimately accomplish with some help and guidance.

This works only if you have a child for whom it works. I won't dispute that OP probably needs to take a different approach with her daughter to address the behavioral issues because simply clearing away stressors isn't the best one, but what you described would be really damaging to some children. Not every child can be metaphorically beaten into submission, and OP needs to work with the child she has, not the child you think she has based on the child you have. [/quote]

Really damaging?  Whatever.  She's free to keep lamenting about the math problems and her daughter's treatment of her and keep the status quo.  Her problem, not mine.  [/quote]

+1. People like PP contribute to the continued pussification of America.[/quote]

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