Comments on: Boy Question: Lack of Motivation http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/boy-question-lack-of-motivation/ Equipping Young People With Practical Skills To Be Productive Adults, Cake Decorating, quilting, crochet, woodworking, auto, home maintenance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kim M http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/boy-question-lack-of-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-10949 Kim M Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:10:03 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=4340#comment-10949 You said: "Sometimes I will hear a mother say, “I just don’t think I could homeschool; I don’t think I could get them to do their work.” My reply is, “Do you get them to brush their teeth?” Not many kids want to brush their teeth, but we parents use our authority to *make them* do it because it is for their good. It is the same for doing school lessons and practical skills." I like that. Thank you! You said: “Sometimes I will hear a mother say, “I just don’t think I could homeschool; I don’t think I could get them to do their work.” My reply is, “Do you get them to brush their teeth?” Not many kids want to brush their teeth, but we parents use our authority to *make them* do it because it is for their good. It is the same for doing school lessons and practical skills.”

I like that. Thank you!

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