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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: How do I get my 6 yr old to practic
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 11:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 11:00:00 1985
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!preece    Sep 12 10:00:00 1985


We have used a wide range of strategies to keep our daughter
practicing, ranging from simple coercion and browbeating to
blatant bribery.  The most successful attempts have been by
(1) being clearly involved in the practice with her, (2) making
it fun (diversity, accomplishment, illicit sneaking past what
the teacher has said she can work on), and (3) honest discussion
of why we want her to do it and why she just has to do it, no
matter how she may feel about it.  Nothing works all the time,
all of them work some of the time.  Mostly we progress...

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scott preece
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