Parent: It’s time to go for your very first visit to the dentist!
LittlestPage: Noooooo!
Parent: We’ve been there before, remember?
LittlestPage: Noooooo!
Parent: You’ll get a new toothbrush.
LittlestPage: Noooooo!
Parent: You’ll get to pick out a prize.
LittlestPage: Noooooo!
Parent: Please put on your shoes!
LittlestPage: Noooooo!
Each party stares helplessly at the other.
Parent: If you let the dentist count your teeth, we’ll go to Mcdonald’s for breakfast and play in the play structure.
LittlestPage: Okay!
P.S. After five children, we’ve learned a few tricks along the way and lost most of our self-respect.
P.P.S. Please no flames. We realize that both bribery and Macdonald’s are poor lifestyle choices.
P.P.P.S. She was wonderful at the dentist office!
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Although our children have never had formal music lessons, we have tried hard to immerse them in quality music and an array of instruments. Though I do not play piano, I have tried to teach piano lessons, and overall I’m pleased with the results. We also do a group guitar lesson where MrPages teaches us all (although some of us are slower to absorb this information, than others!) And yet I always worry that we are not doing enough. (Isn’t that the cry of every home school mom?)