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Have you figured out how to get your child to do things she didn't want to do?

A recent issue of Start magazine—produced by EduGuide for parents and caregivers of infants through kindergartners—looks at the best way to raise problem-solving kids. Check out this Real Life story and offer your own solutions here.

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Question applies to ages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Learning Styles # of Thumbs Up Received (2)		 Children respond well to a logical cause and effect approach. When you explain to them what will be the result of doing or not doing something, they will be more likely to respond positively when asked to perform a particular task.

Creativity and imagination are vital to engage the child. It needs to be done within a framework of love and respect, with a very clear definition of who is in authority.

For example, if a small child knows that not cleaning his or her room would bring spiders and other critters and make everyone in the house sick, then you have a better chance that they will do it voluntarily. If that doesn’t work the authoritarian approach has to follow.

Obviously, the premise has to be age-appropriate.
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