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How often do you have to tell your Teenager to do something before he/she moves a muscle? Or,
Do you have the kind of child that listens to you and does it right away?
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| Posted by esther on 09/29/2007 06:35 PM
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It depends on what it is. If I'm right in front of them, looking at them, they'll get up and do it after the first time. About half the time, if I tell them and walk away they laze around for a while, or not do it at all and hope I'll forget.
My kids think household chores are "stupid." I've been tempted to let them live a week or so with no one doing chores, but I don't want to have to clean up the mess at the end of the week! |
| posted by Kelly on 09/29/2007 06:53 PM
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| In our house it takes a while, he will do what we ask but sometimes getting him off the computer is a challenge. |
| posted by on 09/29/2007 07:34 PM
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My 15 yo, who is severly ADHD use to be horrible about listening (some of it, not his fault because of his disorder), but he's growing out of some of it ("Thank you, God!!!!") and now he's a dream about doing things I ask him to do!! I still have to remind him sometimes if he gets sidetracked, but his attitude about it is very good!!
On the other hand!!!! My 12 yo, who is NOT ADHD, has always been wonderful about helping me with things and doing what he was told until about 6 months ago when someone flipped that hormonal teenage switch and he turned into this little....ummm...STINKER!!! Now he thinks chores are stupid and when I tell/ask him to do something he'll say OK and then just not do it, gripe and complain the whole time, or pretend like he never heard me!!!
My question is, "WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?!!!!!"
I don't think there is a parent on this planet that doesn't have that problem to some degree and if anyone out there has a magic solution...PLEASE...let me know!! |
| posted by Crystal on 09/30/2007 11:47 AM
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We fall under the same category.
We have to constantly remind him to do even the simple chores. If he wants to go to the park and play after school, somehow, he remembers and does it all. When we remind him, he will scream and holler, make you wrong for thinking he has do contribute. Just his way of squirming out of it. He eventually does it while having a private soft spoken conversation with himself.
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| posted by esther on 09/30/2007 11:17 PM
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| My son, which is 15 years old now use to be one of the ones that I had to tell to do something several times before it got done. Lately (past 3 months or so) he does things around the house without me asking. It is weird, but I am not going to question him about it. I just tell him I am proud of him for helping out. |
| posted by Cyndi on 10/01/2007 11:22 AM
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| Oh no my kids are terrible at listening. They just dont get the point. My daughter gets up in the morning and tries on cloths whatever she dosent want to use she leaves it on the bed. I told her the least she could do is hang it back up. She said well put it in the dirty cloths basket. I said WHAT yeah like she dosent do laundry. leave it to me. any trash on the floor will stay there till I pick it up or tell them to pick it up. I will even put a trash can next to whats on the floor and they still wont throw it in. I am so tired of doing things for them and they dont appreciate it. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 10/02/2007 01:38 PM
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