Last month I was at a home school field trip and I took opportunity to spend times with other moms talking.
I picked up a piece of advice from another mom on dealing with a child's bad attitude when it comes to school work/doing what is expected with politeness and without bring a grump.
I have a very emotional son. One who is often stuck in a funk as he feels most situations in his life are not fair. We talk a lot about life is fair but not equal...but he still gets into a grump and it very much throws of our days.
Advice: get them into a service! Usually a chore around the house. In my house it usually ends up being dishes or vacuuming.
You send the child off to do the chore, they spend the time taking their frustrations out on the task and they usually return happier, if not send them off to do another.
It allows them to be grumpy off on their own, take their anger out on the dishes or dirty floor & changes their focus away from feeling sorry for themselves.
This has been a HUGE help for this mom whose soon struggles to choose JOY.
Added bonus is a cleaner house.
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