Homework Caused Her To Lie
Barnabas, Education, Parenting January 24th, 2008Belle lied to us for the first time yesterday! All because of her homework.
She has 4 pages of Chinese strokes to be completed. She told me that this time it is simpler so I told her to finish them before I come home from office.
When I arrived home, she is sleeping and when I check her book, it is completed.
After she woke up, I asked her about it. Her reply, “I finished my homework already. Kakak help. Opps!” Quickly cover her mouth.
You asked Kakak to do your homework??? I asked many times and all I got is “No”.
Then daddy came home. I told him about it and it is his turn to interrogate her. hehe. She is very persistent in denying it even daddy threaten to put her in the car and throw her away.
So I went to ask the maid. She told me that Belle forced her to write 2 characters because she wanted to sleep already (that’s just an excuse, she has not been napping for a few days already). Belle pulled her t-shirt until she wrote it. Then reminded her not to tell me! Well, she did nap, out of guilt I guess.
Then I went to see Belle again who is still being interrogated by her daddy and told her that Kakak told me all about it. She still denies it! She is very persistent. So daddy starts the car and she ran to her grandma. Daddy carried her to the car, she screams and cries but she still denies it! I called the maid to come and she told us what happened in front of Belle. Belle still denies it! You see how persistent she is.
I didn’t know what happened after that caused I went to save Clarissa from the fall.
She finally admitted it. So we told her that she is never to ask the maid to do her homework but to wait for me to come home. Then there were apologies, forgives and hugs. She is all happy and bubbly again when I told her that I will no longer go to work after CNY.
Daddy wrote: Nipping it at the bud



January 24th, 2008 at 9:30 am
‘Own up when they have done something wrong’.Really have to instill good habits in our child. Don’t worry Miche, Belle is a good girl and she admitted it at last. I think she needs ‘attention’ from you already. Anyway, another few weeks to go and you’ll be stay at home with them. Really no regrets being a SAHM, don’t miss that opportunity.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:34 am
i think she is too scared of me punishing her of not completing her homework. that’s just in her imagination coz i didnt tell her that i will punish if she doesnt complete them. i think she wants to be perfect for me. she always does.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
it is tired to ask kids finish their homework…i have problem too!
January 24th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I have probs asking Alycia to do her homework too. I have to use threats and scoldings most of the time. Well at least Belle apologized, Alycia is even more stubborn than Belle as she will never apologize to me, even with canning.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
sigh….mama…talking about homework, i was also very horrible…torn all my pages so my mother wont see i have homework…(so stupid as my book gets thinner and she discovered that in the end)
January 25th, 2008 at 12:34 am
i think al ot of young kids tell white lie. luckily we dont hv maid at home, if not my son will ask kakak to write alreayd. he is also very lazy in writing his chinese strokes.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:41 am
huisia, we must think of a way to make homework fun for our children.
shireen, kids nowadays ah, very stubborn hor. what we fed them ah??? hehe.
chinnee, u better not share this to your qiqi!
btw, u tear ur book, u teacher didnt scold u meh?
wen, my mil even told hubby that it is ok to let the maid help coz bil maid did the same to his children!!!
January 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am
You have a very strong girl there!
Reminded me of my cousins..
January 25th, 2008 at 10:11 am
so nice to know that u gg to be SAHM after CNY. I am waiting for my chance.
dont worry. ur girl will not do it again
January 25th, 2008 at 10:25 am
angeleyes, ur cousin ah, not u?
ling, finally u speak up! hehehe. well, u can if u willing to sacrifice ur dollar and cents.
January 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Aiyo, so kesian. So young have so much homework already. That’s the thing about Chinese ed, I guess. There will be pages and pages of strokes to write. Hope your little girl will not give you similar problem in the future.:)
January 26th, 2008 at 12:04 am
wait til she goes to primary school. Then, she will have more homework to do. HW is making the kids so stressful! I wonder why they give so much hw?
January 26th, 2008 at 6:15 am
tot’s mom, i hope so and am also preparing myself on how to tackle it when she does.
jo-n, i wonder why too. i asked a father that has his girl in chinese school whether his girl is any better, he said, NO!