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Originally Posted by Aerynne
We use TGTB, too. I like it but the kids complain about some of the writing assignments. We are forever negotiating different ones, for example they may be asked to write a persuasive essay about x but they complain so I say write a persuasive essay about whatever you want. Yesterday ds1 was supposed to write a religious poem. I told him he could write something religious or write a poem. He picked the poem, which surprised me, since my 2 older older kids do not like poetry. But we are always negotiating assignments! I like having him look up belligerent.
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We do the same thing. You don't have to write about the topic provided, you can choose to write about something else instead, but you do have to learn how to write (endurance, persuasiveness, structure, etc). I think I'd use it again, but yeah, there's a lot of negotiating assignments. I always hear how much kids love TGTB; not mine.
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When DS2 gets grumpy and starts grumbling about how mean I am, I tell him, "Excellent! Mission accomplished. I stayed up late last night thinking of how I could make your day miserable. I've got a whole list. I'm glad it worked already!" He rolls his eyes at me and tells me I did not.
Whenever any of the kids whines about why one particular sibling gets to do something, I shrug and tell them it's because I like that child the most. More eye rolling and telling me that I do not. I wouldn't do it if I thought they'd believe me, and that "favourite child" constantly changes depending on who is being whined about.
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then we talk about privileges, responsibilities, asking for what you want, and so on and so forth.