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First Submission Artist in the Family

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Tim was pumped after Tuesday's grappling. He won

by a cross choke and declared himself first

submission artist in the family. (On Thursday, he

was almost caught in a rear choke by a smaller but

much nimbler opponent. He was not happy: "I want

to learn. Teach me more.") Meanwhile, I was a

little surprised by the sense of family pride a

10-year-old could feel. He told me he wanted to

know more about the clan's history which even I

don't know much.

 

He lost his last baby-tooth a couple of weeks ago

and that morning we had a good laugh at the lazy 

tooth-fairy (Mom) who neglected her duty to place

a gift under his pillow. He grew two inches over 

the past two months and, while still overweight,

dropped by three percents on the BMI chart for boys

his age. He has a sweet tooth and I know he eats

candies behind my back. Meanwhile, I observed that

he limited portions at meals very well. He gained

about one pound over the past four months without

any discomfort.

 

His temperment seemed changed, too. He used to

argue, swear, or otherwise drive himself into 

hysteria when Mom pointed out the details of the

errors in his math homework. Most errors were due

to carelessness and I noticed that pointing out 

these kind of errors could really make him mad. 

We tried another approach where we simply give

him a list of the problems he got wrong and let

him figure out the details. That seemed to work

--he was able to correct almost all mistakes.

And he became much calmer.

 

In addition, he seldom whines during our Mission

Peak hikes these days, not even when I put on a

pair of Xero shoes on him. I feel lucky to be

Tim's dad ;-)

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7grizzly 回複 悄悄話 Thanks 暖冬 for the comments and especially the advice on math. Mom has been more alert and giving Tim additional work after school. I should pay more attention. Thanks again.
暖冬cool夏 回複 悄悄話 Good that you wrote more about Tim, a good boy who also knows to discipline himself. When it comes to math tutoring, here is my two cents. My husband started tutoring my daughter when he realized the seriousness of the problem. American elementary math teaching is never as strict or systematic as it is in China. Teachers only look at the completion of work(or just the answer), rarely care how the kids get the answer till middle school, when they are asked to show the work. Thus it is really important that at the early age you (or your wife) help Tim form a good habit in doing math: step by step, show all the work. Good habits will make his life easier and help him accelerate later in high school. Unlike in China, raising kids here asks for tons of parents' involvement. The earlier the better.
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