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HOW CAN I TEACH A CHILD TO TIE HIS SHOES?


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Jul 29, 2009. 7:01 AMWolf Seril says:
1ST- STOP YELLING!!!!!1!!!!eleven!!!!11!!!1!! 2nd- make them repeat it. Try tying one shoe for them (slowly!), then have them do the other. Doing it for them all the time will never work. 3rd- only use one method. If you have been doing the bunny-ears method, keep doing that. If you are doing it the traditional way, keep doing that (although i find the bunny-ears method is much easier, even for fully grown adults). I didn't learn how to tie my own shoes until 3rd grade because my parents didn't follow the second and third steps. They never all-caps yelled at me, though.
Jun 13, 2009. 2:23 AMEruaphadriel says:
do the bunny ears method
Apr 18, 2009. 1:13 AMfrollard says:
Yell the instructions at him.
Apr 19, 2009. 3:19 AMskunkbait says:
That simply does not work..... unless you threaten him with mild violence too.
Apr 19, 2009. 12:20 PMfrollard says:
That was more of a satire answer- based on the formatting of the question....'yell'...
Apr 19, 2009. 8:04 PMskunkbait says:
I got it. I was just adding to the ridiculousness:-)
Apr 18, 2009. 9:41 PMkelseymh says:
Heh. You're a dad, aren't you?
Apr 19, 2009. 12:32 AMfrollard says:
I'm noticing more-than-average ad-hominem lately :D ...anyhoo... No - not yet, hopefully not for at least half a decade. I'm almost 26, getting married in about 2 weeks. :)
Apr 19, 2009. 9:40 AMkelseymh says:
Congratulations!
Apr 19, 2009. 10:06 PMskunkbait says:
Congratulations? How 'bout condolences!!!?
Apr 20, 2009. 6:07 PMfrollard says:
there are both views - I'll reserve judgment for another twenty (at least) years of how many quantas of satisfaction can be shared between us. :D
Apr 19, 2009. 12:20 PMfrollard says:
Apr 17, 2009. 7:38 PMSoopah Steve says:
Go to Youtube and type in Spongebob Squarepants Loop De Loop Song.
Apr 17, 2009. 7:28 PMcaitlinsdad says:
You can look at the other instructables but it might be easier if you can find an older kid to to teach your kid. Give them some laces to play with or make one of those shoe mockups made from holes punched in cardboard with the laces and shoe drawn on it to practice with. Bunny ear loops and knot it through. Don't get discouraged that the knot always comes out uneven or loose. They will not get the concept of double knotting until they get older. Good luck.

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