Chapter 1430: Chapter 1010: Full-time Mother’s Counterattack 18 (five thousand)_3
Therefore, as a mother, you can rely on no one but yourself.
Boys especially need patient guidance, and while you repeatedly warn yourself not to lose your temper, when you see him dawdling with tasks, your blood pressure instantly skyrockets. This is the downside of contemporary education, but no one can change it; after all, they are ordinary people, not geniuses.
Indeed, Qi Yang is not a genius child, nor is he the type to succeed through effort, but rather a child who develops naturally.
As long as it’s not about studying, his performance is strong. He can even steam rice, fry eggs, make instant noodles—a few simple dishes. Sometimes when she is tired, he thoughtfully helps her by bathing, massaging her shoulders, and washing clothes. What a warm child he is, yet why does he get stuck when it comes to studying?
He’s only in the first grade, and if a mother takes on everything excessively, you’ll exhaust yourself later on. Simply put, when it’s time to let go, you have to learn to let go.
After Qi Qi figured it out, she started focusing on cultivating study habits; homework must be completed as soon as he returns home, and only afterwards can he have his own entertainment time.
Lacking a sense of time is okay, after experiencing a few losses regarding time, he’ll start learning to look at the clock and manage his time.
If he can’t finish writing his homework at night, he gets up early in the morning and completes it efficiently; just what is he aiming for?
After doing this for a week, by the second week, he obediently starts his homework as soon as school is over. Sometimes, at school, he uses break time or time at the little dining table to finish the teachers’ assignments. After coming home, she checks slightly and assigns him some extra homework based on the remaining time.
With efficiency comes his own entertainment time; he can play and finish his homework without getting scolded. The child becomes excited himself.
Bored with piano practice and calligraphy? Can’t continue? It’s fine; using the incentive system, each completed task earns one unrestricted shopping trip at the end of the month, although there is a time limit. Initially, refusing to cooperate, thinking the time is too long and a month far too long.
Qi Qi also adapts, starting with one week—if he meets the standard in a week, he has half a minute of free purchase time over the weekend.
She doesn’t give him pocket money usually, and he has no concept of spending money; she has everything arranged at home, so he doesn’t have a chance to spend money.
She even hasn’t bought him things like a phone watch.
She doesn’t watch TV, hasn’t turned on the TV, and the child doesn’t really watch it either. He likes squeezing clay, playing puzzles, or playing ball in the yard. Compared to other children, it’s really much better because she avoids games and TV, and naturally, he isn’t inclined towards them either.
When he does homework, she sits beside him with a book and accompanies him while reading. If he stalls, she pretends not to notice. When the time comes, simply calls out: "Next item!"
Over time, some lazy habits gradually get nipped in the bud.
After starting school, smelly socks, shoes, and underwear are washed and scrubbed by himself. If he doesn’t clean them properly, she’ll wash them again, but this process is one he must go through.
Moreover, being from a single-parent family, she frequently claims to be tired, plays the weak, cultivating in him the belief of standing tall and steadfast, helping with cooking, taking out trash, organizing housework, washing clothes, picking up deliveries. Outside, heavy things are for him to carry; playing helpless really works wonders. Sometimes he even acts all grown-up and disdainful of her.
"Without me, how would you live?"
"So you should train your body well, eat healthy food, to protect Mom properly!"
Qi Qi relies on such methods to establish Qi Yang’s sense of responsibility. From kindergarten to the first half of first grade, the transition makes the child grow rapidly. Sometimes the changes surprise her.
Of course, there are unpleasant times; mother and son do have arguments, but most of the time things are stable due to his high emotional intelligence.
Now he’s figured out her character, wouldn’t dare to upset her, and if he does, he immediately apologizes and tries to console her.
Qi Qi thoroughly enjoys this lifestyle, akin to being pampered as a Princess by her son.
She won’t tell her son how tired she is, but she involves him in her overtime work occasionally, letting him know every cent she earns is hard work.
