My daughter had choir practice tonight. She was not excited about it, citing it as, "boring." This is a word that is black listed in our house. It gets used, we just give them pushback. There are plenty of things that will keep a bored person not bored for the foreseeable future. What I think my daughter meant was she'd had enough of choir for the week.
She had dress rehearsal on Saturday, concert on Sunday and now another rehearsal on Monday—but this time it's to prepare for their trip to Busch Gardens, and that's a place my daughter wants to go, because there are roller coasters!
And that sparked a conversation with her: what does she go to choir for? Is it the practices where they're learning the songs? Or is she looking forward to the performances? Or something inbetween. It's hard to say practices are boring if you don't like to rehearse for the concerts. But if you aren't going to go to the concerts, are the practices just boring anyway?
She came around to the conclusion that all of the parts are good, just too many days and too much in a row is not good.
The Big Boy Update: For Five Minutes—my son lost screens with his friends for the entire week. We heard him dash across the carpet to find the iPad and take it upstairs. He fell asleep almost immediately after getting it. But that didn't decrease the punishment. He still is unable to weigh the impact of one decision against the result that will happen if he gets caught—and he's caught a lot.
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