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I finally figured out how to get my kid to use the free library tutoring after months of fighting
My 12-year-old was struggling with pre-algebra for a whole semester and refused to go to the after-school help at our local branch, saying it was 'lame.' I sat down with him last Tuesday and we looked at the tutor's profile together, which showed she used to be a video game designer. He agreed to one session, and now he's been three weeks in a row. What finally got your kid to actually use a resource you found for them?
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susanclark5mo ago
Oh that's brilliant! I had to find a tutor who coaches my son's favorite sport before he'd agree to math help.
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miaa415mo ago
Smart move finding that connection. My cousin tried something similar with her daughter and reading. Kid would only open a book if it was about horses, so every single subject got tied back to horses for a year. History was about cavalry, science was horse anatomy. It worked, but now the kid is twelve and only talks about stables.
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