Poor girl. She doesn’t like ballet. She wanted to take it so much that I put her in it for this year. By the end of the second month, she was making excuses as to why she didn’t want to be there. I told her that she had to make it through the year since we’d paid for it. This last Monday was her first day back after Christmas break and her teacher told me she was disruptive. I’ve talked to her about it and explained that since we’ve already paid for it and the costumes for the May recital have already been ordered that she can’t back out now. She will have to keep doing her classes, listen to her teacher, and participate instead of joking around. It’s only an hour a week, which she can handle. Once I know a bit about her recital piece, I might have her go over it a bit at home too. She’s a sweetheart and can do it if she tries. I promised her that next year, we’ll see if we can find something she likes better.
that would be good for her, she was the same way in kung fu.
My suggestion, instead of making the issue about how much money you put into it, make it a teachable moment for character development. Help her to understand what commitment is through God’s eyes and the blessings that arrive from ANY kind of diligent work regardless of feeling. Good character and right heart motive is essential to life. It’s not an easy task but with patient persistence it pays off. My prayers are with you!!
that is a great idea Jen, that’s kinda what I did with her in kung fu, but eventually I let her go.