Dear Care and Feeding: I can’t tell whether she’s diabolical or dotty, but either way…
How do you get a kid to take responsibility for her things? I know I can force my daughter to do stuff, but how do you get her to get into the routine of doing things without being asked? For example, she’s very farsighted and needs her glasses to see, but she doesn’t do a good job of taking care of them. She has a laundry basket in her room but without reminders, her dirty clothes never end up in there. When she’s done using her tablet, she leaves it lying around in the most precarious spots.
Even though she doesn’t like dance practice, she wants to become a better dancer, so she’ll practice dance on her own every day without being asked.Right now, if she forgets, we remind her or nag her until it gets done. We can punish her if she doesn’t do these things—we take away her tablet if she’s leaving it in irresponsible places, we don’t let her do more fun things until she cleans her room. But I think she’s old enough to do these things without being reminded.
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