tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post1216371252621976270..comments2023-11-02T08:26:17.556-07:00Comments on Nonlinear Girl: Stubborn, redux (or rather, reduced)nonlineargirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05414675024101618604noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-30841463733062337682009-09-10T07:04:27.360-07:002009-09-10T07:04:27.360-07:00Good job, Ada!Good job, Ada!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-20341601803920543432009-09-08T10:25:15.534-07:002009-09-08T10:25:15.534-07:00Your story of struggling with Ada takes me back. ...Your story of struggling with Ada takes me back. In particular I'm remembering when my son didn't want to go to preschool and I wanted him to go very much and he'd cry hysterically when I tried to leave.<br /><br />At one point, I asked the teachers if his behavior was normal and they had the nerve to say no. Eventually the nice head of the school asked me if I'd ever used "behavior modification". <br /><br />I wasn't sure what she meant and she said that some people might refer to it as bribes but she didn't see it that way.<br /><br />Any way, now he is a good student and while he wasn't pleased to return to school last week for 10th grade, he did so without tears or a tantrum.<br /><br />It is great to know that you can struggle over something and have it turn out happy in the end.Belinda Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11190509922092695034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-47226089669078712272009-09-08T06:27:20.715-07:002009-09-08T06:27:20.715-07:00There are worse motivational tools than food. Wor...There are worse motivational tools than food. Works for me. dudelet is now fairly comfortable in the water and we should perhaps consider lessons again, though he went through a phase of refusing to have anything to do with his (expensive) swimming lessons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-84075382658339075702009-09-07T12:36:09.149-07:002009-09-07T12:36:09.149-07:00Way to go, Ada! As a hater of swimming lessons (bu...Way to go, Ada! As a hater of swimming lessons (but one who became a strong swimmer in spite of that), I totally get what she's going through. But also, way to go you two, for getting her in and sticking with it.<br /><br />Does her swim school have incentives, like ribbons or stars for mastering certain things?Stephaniehttp://mysleevesaretooshort.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com