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Subject: Re: Frustated child

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Malliga Gopal

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Date Posted: 11:20:50 07/03/12 Tue
In reply to: Manju Sara Jacob 's message, "Frustated child" on 05:30:11 05/16/12 Wed

Your son's self-esteem has to be boosted up. Don't treat him like he always needs attention in his studies. This will make him feel in his own words 'stupid' .As a mother I know you would like him to do well in his studies. But you need patience. As he is capable to check if you have written what he had said, definitely he can write.
The following points can be discussed with the child in an informal way:
1)What did you like today in school? I'll be happy if you could write only 2 sentences about it.
2)Will you tell me what you are going to do in school tomorrow? Shall we put it in writing? Will you help me to write? After saying that, you write one word(what he says), and let him write the other word. All the time make it very informal.
To make him get interested in writing school work start with small sentence writing with 3 words and build it with 4 words. You can use his school book to get sentences. Let each day be nicely spent with your child.

Make a note of how he feels. This will help you to find out, what topic makes him feel happy and never push him if you feel he is not interested. Give him a break. As he is good in talking about any topic make a journal and ask him to write about the topic he chooses (few sentences daily) and also paste pictures regarding that. Definitely this will motivate him. Hope these suggestions will be helpful.Do write your feedback.
Good luck.

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