Ally: "Ally...me..."****************************************************
Isabel and Ally are 2 different personalities...
Ally at 19 months shows a great love for books and reading instead of TV programs, food is her favorite. She won't cry when getting a jab, never shed a tear when she falls down, but will cry in frustration if deny her of snacks.
Isabel on the other hand is still a cry baby. Less attention span for books, but can watch hours of TV at a go.
Making her write and practice the alphabets can drain her of her whole day energy. After 2 lines, she'll say she can't finish, or she's sleepy, or too tired to go on.
But straight after I let her off, she's wide awake like a dragon. Play her toys, disturb her sister...
If I make her continue, she'll have more excuses like backache and headache.
What would be the best way to arouse her interest?
How to maintain her interest?
Now even Superdaddy is at lost and also lost power over this.
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Dr James Dobson believes kids should not have as little homework as possible. At least for school-going kids who already spend half a day in school. Making them doing tons of homework after school each day is robbing them of their childhood fun. Go figure :) Shawn may be able to sit still for at least around 10 to 15 minutes while i read him a book. But he would yawn, lose interest and get distracted after a while. When i put him in bed he would immediately become "alive" again ;p
Does asking the following question work?
"If you finish your homework first, papa will let you watch TV. Okay?"
Sometimes i worried too as my son loves TV more than a book!
To Mickell: "Isabel don't take bribes, she'll make sure she has both what she wants... don't do home work and watch TV.
Haha, your Isabel sounds just like Damien...ask him to write only, he'll tell me he's so tired lah, eyes pain lah..once i let him off, he bounce back and play happily with his toys...*pull hair*
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