Mom: It's time for Math Lil!
Lily:Mooooom! I don't want to do Math! I hate Math! I already know how to do the plusses and minuses!
Mom: You know how to add and subtract 0 to the first 10 numbers, how to add and subtract 2 to the first 10 numbers and how to add and subtract the first 10 numbers from themselves. There is A LOT more Math to learn!
Lily: I already know enough. I don't want to do anymore!
I go on to explain to my very verbal, language-oriented child how you need Math almost every day for the rest of your life and stopping learning it in the second half of first grade is not a wise idea. Lily is not very impressed.....
I then tell her she has no choice and there are some things in life you just have to do whether you like them or not! I get the "I've heard this before (many times?)" look and an "It's not fair!" before she slumps in her chair resigned. I can't resist one eensy weensy, "Life is not fair. The sooner you figure this out the easier your life will be!"
I have officially joined the ranks of mothers everywhere who call on the hated cliches of their own childhoods to teach their wayward children life lessons. Go me!
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OH boy! The homeschooling decision is just on the horizon for me and I SO don't know what to do! I just don't have the confidence in myself to be that organized. You are such a great mom; I don't think I could have been that convincing (even with the old sayings!). I'm too darn honest sometimes! lol!
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Carrie, I seriously laughed out loud on this one. I am the cliche queen already and my child can't even understand me yet. LOL. Kelly
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