Hard: If it were easy, you would have already done it.

By now you will have seen that the main story of problem-solving is translation from the language of complaint to the language of action. You will also have noticed that this translation brings on a growing sense that the solution will take effort. You remember making such discoveries yourself.

It is an issue to be handled in the Choose Clipit. In this case, the child may be starting to suspect that doing the boring homework will be easier than trying to make it less boring.

This, of course, is one of the lessons in growing up:

Fixing things is a lot easier when somebody else does it.

If the problem-solving route delivers you to a hard crossing, you have two main options.
<>1. Decide it is not worth the effort.
<>2. Call on the Startalittles.

The Family that Solves Together Evolves Together

The Canters and the Power of Yet

Choose Clipit
The Startalittles

Strengths
Creative
Hard-working
Patient
Persistent
Problem-Solver

Problem-solving:
The first 5 secrets.
Goal
Translate
Who
Start
Hard

Problems as homework(2) Clpiit
Problem: What's wrong with _____________? Homework 1. Homework is boring. 2. Homework is too hard. 3. Homework takes too long. 4. 5.	Goal: How I could tell if the problem is fixed? Homework 1. They should make it more interesting. 2. They should make it easier. 3. This stuff shouldn’t take so much time. 4. 5.
How do I explain my goal to anybody? 1. They should make it about something I am interested in.	Who will do the work? 1. I will do these things myself. 1a. _____________________ 1b. _____________________ 2. I will get somebody to do these things. 2a. __________Who? How? 2b. __________Who? How?
Where do I start?	Who could tell me about how other people handled the problem? 1. Teachers 2. Classmates at school 3. Family.
What are my resources? 1. I know what I am interested in. 2. I know who will help me look things up on the web. 3.	Route: How I could get what I want?
How could I start a little? 1. Pick one thing I wish were more interesting. 2. Make a plan about how to make it more interesting. 3. Try to find people to help me with my plan.

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