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| I get really aggravated when my children "look" for something by turning a circle in the room. They never put their hands on anything. They don't look through the pile of papers on the counter. They don't walk around for different perspectives of the room. And when I finally go to help, I find it withtin seconds!
They are homeschooled and also do this with schoolwork sometimes. They act like the answer to the question was never addressed in the book (even though it's there verbatim). When I suggest they focus on finding a key word in the question, they find it, read the one sentance it is in, and declare the answer is nowhere to be found. "Can you help me? Just tell me which paragraph it's in!" Those days it takes 5 times as long to get their work done. |
| See also: need to vent, venting, frustrated, frustration |
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I get really frustrated when my husband says he can't find his shoes and in the meantime is looling up in the air ! Like there is a chance they might be hanging from the ceiling....
francie |
| posted by Francie on 12/13/2006 |
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| my husband does the same thing but he will walk around the room but he will have one eye on the tv and the other on me just waiting for me to get up and find whatever he is looking forand when iam not here our 5 year old will find it before he does |
| posted by vanessa on 12/17/2006 |
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I think all men have that problem When I was work I told my boss(ho is a guy) that guys can never find anything unless it is out in the open. My husband always asks me first where things are, and I usually know. but when he looks on his own it takes for ever.
By the way my boss was okay with the comment cause he knew it was true. |
| posted by vanessa on 12/20/2006 |
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| I love it when the children or my DH walk over things that need to be picked up. Like their own socks!! I just don't understand. Or when they drink almost all of the milk but leave the container in the fridge. Why, oh why? :cry: |
| posted by Tonya on 01/24/2007 |
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| My son does the same thing to me every morning before school. "Mom, where's my shoes?" They are in the same place you took them off and I'm guessing you didn't take them off in the shoe closet like I ask you to every night! Grrrr, they must think we are hired help. |
| posted by Cicely on 01/27/2007 |
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Off-topic but I have to share this. I homeschool my kids, and one day my daughter, 10, was giving me a particularly hard time about her work. After listening to several interchanges between she and I, my son, 15, said,"Do they pay you enought to do this?" Thinking he was just making a point I replied,"I don't get paid at all to do this." He replied, surprised,"You don't?" "No, who would pay me to homeschool you guys?" "Well," he said, "I thought Cleveland Schools paid you to homeschool us." "Oh no, dear; and not only do I not get paid, I actually have to pay in order to homeschool you" meaning curriculum & such. "Oh."
So remember, we are never completely aware of how our kids perceive us and what we are doing.
Paid to homeschool.....I wish! |
| posted by Kelly on 01/27/2007 |
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| Ladies I don't know if this will help you but it helped me. I would ask my husband to get something and he would come back with I couldn't find it. I would go and find whatever it was that fast. So I made a deal with him if he asks me where something is and it is right in front of him or where I told him it was and he can't find it he has to do the dishes that night. I have to tell you it has helped with my frustration so much. I know he will still not be able to find it and I get a chore around the house done. I just smile and say oh here it is, now this needs to be done. :laughing: |
| posted by Toni on 02/06/2007 |
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My suggestion is be a bit more strict. You let them know that they must find it or they lose a privelage. You should NOT have to be a slave to them....of course it depends on the circumstance but if you constantly turn around and do things for them, they will grow up expecting their wives and/or husbands to do everything for them. Give them a little push to find it...if you don't like the loss of privelage...try a reward system.
With regard to homeschooling...I don't know the slightest thing but I do remember school....I didn't have teachers pointing out the answers to me. I had to look for the answers myself. When I was done with my homework...my dad would look it over and tell me what needed to be corrected but he would not tell me how or where to find the corrections. Children need to know that they can do things for themselves...otherwise they will continue their lives to rely on someone else to do their dirty laundry.
Best Wishes and Good luck.. |
| posted by Lisa on 02/07/2007 |
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