On Oct 04 22:03 96, Amber Floyd of 1:377/3 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
JS>>My son had a somewhat similar thing about homework: sometimes I knew I
JS>>just had to keep pushing until he cried, then when he calmed down he
JS>>would do the assignment.
AF>         I hate it I hate it I hate it.  I'm not a confrontatory person.
AF> Conflict makes me sick to my stomic.  Alltogether, it just dosn't feal 
like
AF> the way that things should go.
AF>         Any ideas on how to avoid it?
No.  My wife, who also avoids confrontation and is very good at getting 
things done without it, was unable to help in this case.  You don't have to 
do anything more than be stubborn: just keep repeating that it has to be 
ne.
If it's any consolation, my son outgrew this.  Now, he just lies and says his 
homework is done.
Jerry Schwartz
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