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Sept 27, 2016 12:38:21 GMT -5
Post by brachysira on Sept 27, 2016 12:38:21 GMT -5
Well, this is great. My child now is afraid to answer questions. Like, we took a class where they read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and the reader would cover up parts of the animal that came next so the listeners could guess. Well, mostly toddlers so only my daughter and a boy her age were really making guesses. My daughter can recite the animals in Brown Bear, in order, without the book. But the boy was guessing all kinds of things. My daughter would just wait for him to answer and then yell whatever he answered...
Then today at playgroup, a leader was reading a book to just DD and her friend. The person was asking easy questions about the book, and the other child would answer each one, but my child did not say anything unless the child didn't know, in which case she'd ask DD, and DD would answer.
Is this the beginning of some kind of self doubt girls thing where my child is afraid of being wrong or maybe just being cool? In both cases, the material was stuff she has known for years, and I'm kind of glad she didn't ruin the brown bear game by yelling them out before anyone else has a chance to guess. Maybe she was bored? But that hasn't fazed her before. It will kill me if my exuberant, always volunteering daughter now lets boys do all the answering.
I don't want her to be a know-it-all, but how can I encourage her to answer confidently and participate with her own thoughts? Isn't it too early for this?
Then today at playgroup, a leader was reading a book to just DD and her friend. The person was asking easy questions about the book, and the other child would answer each one, but my child did not say anything unless the child didn't know, in which case she'd ask DD, and DD would answer.
Is this the beginning of some kind of self doubt girls thing where my child is afraid of being wrong or maybe just being cool? In both cases, the material was stuff she has known for years, and I'm kind of glad she didn't ruin the brown bear game by yelling them out before anyone else has a chance to guess. Maybe she was bored? But that hasn't fazed her before. It will kill me if my exuberant, always volunteering daughter now lets boys do all the answering.
I don't want her to be a know-it-all, but how can I encourage her to answer confidently and participate with her own thoughts? Isn't it too early for this?