Because I Said So...

[twistertiger]

kid really learn if you explain but lately my kids have been asking things that i cant answer so i don't know what to say.

 

[unmanaged]

I also remember hating when my parents wouldn't explain why I had to go to school. It is like telling one of us to go stay in the raing for a while, but without giving a reason.

 

[musicmom]

I also remember hating when my parents wouldn't explain why I had to go to school. It is like telling one of us to go stay in the raing for a while, but without giving a reason.

You asked them that and seriously did not know the answer? Were you two? Not being mean just wondering how you didn't know.

 

[SuperMario]

How would one know the answer if never taught? Yes some might catch on and realize why but not everyone would.

You asked them that and seriously did not know the answer? Were you two? Not being mean just wondering how you didn't know.

 

[musicmom]

I don't know I guess I knew by the time I was in school at five why I was there. If you are in daycare maybe then I could see but school school?

 

[unmanaged]

I don't know I guess I knew by the time I was in school at five why I was there. If you are in daycare maybe then I could see but school school?

Oh yes, I did not enjoy school very much, which is probably key. I guess it was just hard for me to see the benefits of something like school, especially because it took up so much of my time.

 

[musicmom]

How old were you unmanaged that you did not like school?

 

[twistertiger]

when i was younger i never liked school. did you like school? did any one really like school?

 

[SuperMario]

I enjoyed school. I always have. Not like in an obsessive kind of way. I'd still rather snowboard or play video games but I like learning and knowing things. I hate ignorance.

 

[Teresa]

I think the reason "because I said so" has always worked here is because I use it sparingly. I've used it MAYBE twice with each of my three children. Sometimes there are just situations where there's no more room for discussion or no further need of explanation, and the only way to put an end to it is to invoke "because I said so, end of discussion."

 

[Kaytee]

Music: not all kids are set up to like school. Parents do not think its needed to get a child excited about learning. That is not the child's fault but the parents

 

[unmanaged]

I know. I had a lot of things that I liked to do. School seemed to always get in the way of my life.

 

[fallon]

I know. I had a lot of things that I liked to do. School seemed to always get in the way of my life.

so how do you handle this with your own children?

 

[musicmom]

I liked school alot up until middle school. Hated middle and high school. Loved college and vocational schools.
I loved learning and figuring things out. When the socialization started in middle school it was too clicky for me. I hung with a totally different crowd (the rockers) . My kids like school. I hope they always like it. I hope, I hope.