What is the right age?
My daughter(now I'm going to brag), is a very intelligent 9 year old. No, really she is. She scored in the 99th percentile on the verbal portion of our states version of the standardized test thingy(another story for another time). Thank god she takes after her mother in this respect.
Needless to say, she reads very well. The problem is, she found Gameboy. Every month she has a goal to reach for total number of pages read, no matter what the book or material. For December her goal was 675 pages, no big deal for her, except she fell about 200 pages short of her goal.
My wife is freaking out trying to rack her brain, and my daughters, about what other books she could have possibly, read, seen, sniffed, etc. during the past month. In other words, trying to do my daughters work for her. I on the other hand, am under the impression that its my daughters responsibility to do this on her own. Is that right?
Maybe I'm mean, or just expect too much, but I was taught at a young age we are all responsible for our own actions. Is it wrong of me to expect a nine year old to complete her homework/reading assignments on her own? I don't think so. I think its high time for her to start taking responsibility for herself and her actions in a more active role. This is something we have stressed to her for a very long time, but we seem to keep having to try to bail her out of situations. Yeah, my parents no doubt bailed me out of my share of situations, but I paid for it one way or the other. I know that has made me a better person for learning "lessons the hard way".
My daughter and I have already come to one understanding; if she don't make her goal this upcoming month, no Gameboy for a month. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire game will have to be played by yours truly. I wonder if I could play it at work? The customer should understand I can't help them because I have to beat Voldemort, or be Mario and save the princess, etc... Maybe if I do that, my boss will take it away from me.....that'll teach me!!!
Needless to say, she reads very well. The problem is, she found Gameboy. Every month she has a goal to reach for total number of pages read, no matter what the book or material. For December her goal was 675 pages, no big deal for her, except she fell about 200 pages short of her goal.
My wife is freaking out trying to rack her brain, and my daughters, about what other books she could have possibly, read, seen, sniffed, etc. during the past month. In other words, trying to do my daughters work for her. I on the other hand, am under the impression that its my daughters responsibility to do this on her own. Is that right?
Maybe I'm mean, or just expect too much, but I was taught at a young age we are all responsible for our own actions. Is it wrong of me to expect a nine year old to complete her homework/reading assignments on her own? I don't think so. I think its high time for her to start taking responsibility for herself and her actions in a more active role. This is something we have stressed to her for a very long time, but we seem to keep having to try to bail her out of situations. Yeah, my parents no doubt bailed me out of my share of situations, but I paid for it one way or the other. I know that has made me a better person for learning "lessons the hard way".
My daughter and I have already come to one understanding; if she don't make her goal this upcoming month, no Gameboy for a month. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire game will have to be played by yours truly. I wonder if I could play it at work? The customer should understand I can't help them because I have to beat Voldemort, or be Mario and save the princess, etc... Maybe if I do that, my boss will take it away from me.....that'll teach me!!!
posted by Chris at 7:53 AM
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