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Happy St.
Patrick’s Day! Enjoy a Green Velvet cupcake as you settle down to read today’s
episode of Muffins with Mom.
I didn’t
know that parenting would require me to also be a salesperson and negotiator.
As a senior in high school, my son has been applying for college scholarships. All
of the scholarships have specific requirements for recommendation letters.
The most
recent scholarship application requested that one of the recommendations come
from a school staff. I have been waiting three weeks for my son to bring home
that recommendation. I told him to ask a couple of different teachers, still o
luck. I’m not sure if he is following up with the teachers after he asks for a
letter.
Tired of
hearing myself talk, I came up with a different strategy to remind my son about
the recommendation letter(s). I sent him a text message during his lunch hour
at school.
“Bring home
a recommendation letter and earn a monetary gift.” That was my sales pitch. I
didn’t receive an immediate response, but eventually I received message that
said, “I’ll try.”
The letter
didn’t make it home. I didn’t dish out any money. I think I’ll have to follow
up with the teacher myself.
Have you
ever struggled with giving your child a task…repeatedly, yet he still doesn’t get
it done? Sometimes you just have to choose your battles and not sweat the small
stuff.
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