k2bdeutmeyer Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 You know them....the ones where you want to send your children off to boarding school! DD was doing her math. She writes a "3" that looks like an "M". I point it out and give her the I'm ashamed, you know better look. She says "that's just how I make my 3's". The sass upsets me, so I set out to prove a point. I write 3,672 on the white board with a 3 that looks like an "M". I proceed to ask DH what it says. He says "three thousand six hundred seventy two". UGH! Way to help me out here. So, DD busts out laughing. I'm clearly getting increasingly frustrated but allow myself to laugh to avoid the eruption of frustration I feel coming. DD points out that I'm laughing too and I say "I'm laughing, because it's either that or I get angry and start yelling". I sit on the couch. She sits on her knees in front of my and laughs in my FACE!!!!!!!!! I lose it. I get angry. I send her away from me before I say too much. She runs off to the basement. So, here I sit. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 :grouphug::grouphug: Those are very tough moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 We've all been there. Don't beat yourself up. Laughing in your face like that sounds like a direct challenge to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 It sounds like it's time for 3 bootcamp. "Making 3's like that does not meet the standards of our school. Write 5 lines of 3's with this as a model." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 -sigh- We have some of that going on over here too. DD has been able to write her name since she was 2. However her e looked remarkable similar to her a, but if you asked her what letter they were she would say "e" or "a" (and could also point out an e/a in other words) Lowercase e is a tough letter. So I just let it go. A couple months ago I started making her write the e correctly, and she usually does. But when she's getting lazy she'll say "Can I just write it my way?" even with words other than her name. lol. Or if she just does it and I catch it... "Well you KNOW that's how I write my e!" gr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 It sounds like it's time for 3 bootcamp. "Making 3's like that does not meet the standards of our school. Write 5 lines of 3's with this as a model." I like this :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 My daughter does that too with various numbers and letters. When I point it out that she can do way better she says, "No Mom, that's my fancy way of writing". I have been in the habit of banishing her momentarily from the room as well, or else I may get loud. Unfortunately our apartment isn't that big so the banishing is usually within visual distance :glare:. I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Is this your 3 year old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 Is this your 3 year old? Nope...my 10yr old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Well, that makes all of the difference in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 Well, that makes all of the difference in the world. For sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I'll be different and say that you should relax! Once you laugh it's all fair game!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmama Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I have a daughter that is like this too. The laughing in your face seems to me like a direct challenge, as well as flat out disrespect....but maybe that's just me. I don't know if you grade her math, and make her correct her answers before moving on...but I do. And to fix this problem for the both of you, I would circle every m looking 3 wrong, and make her correct them. I may sound a bit harsh, but she can't continue to write her 3's like this, the correction needs to be made now, before she starts paying her bills with checks in the amount of $m14.04. The bank won't know what she means. I can see how this needs to be corrected. I would keep correcting her. And ask you husband if he wants to be paid with M's. LOL! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I'd have lost it when she laughed in my face, too. That's not okay in my book. My son is still reversing a lot of letters and numbers and I make him correct them every. single. time. He hates it, but I've told him that's the way it is till he learns to do it right. I understand the frustration and the fact that he thinks it's fine to do it "his way," but that doesn't give him - or your daughter - the right to be disrespectful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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