Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores (杂事),

Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores (杂事), or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you’ve started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, “Do your chores now,” you’ll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be pleted. So instead of arguing about starting chores, just say, “If chores aren’t done by 4 p. m., here are the consequences.” Then it’s up to your child to plete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don’t argue or fight with them, just say, “That’s the way it’s going to be.” It shouldn’t be punitive (惩罚性的) as much as it should be persuasive. “If your chores aren’t done by 4 p. m., then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that’s going to be your loss.” On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your child says they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.
When a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you’re trying to talk to him, make no bones about it；he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should stop until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don’t try to municate with him when he’s wearing headphones—even if he tells you he can hear you. Wearing them while you’re talking to him is a sign of disrespect. Parents should be very tough about this kind of thing. Remember, mutual respect bees more important as children mature.
【小题1】According to the passage, it seldom happens that    .A．kids turn a deaf ear to their parents’ requestsB．parents’ directions sound like a broken recordC．children are ready to follow their parents’ directionsD．parents are unaware of what they are repeating to their kids【小题2】Parents will be able to deal with their child more effectively if they     .A．avoid direct ways of punishmentB．make him do things at their requestC．argue and fight with their childD．allow their child to behave in his own way【小题3】When the kid is doing his homework, parents    .A．should provide him with a good learning environmentB．can do whatever they likeC．can stay aside watching TVD．must switch off the power【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that    .A．parents should take off their headphones when trying to have a talk with their childB．it will make no difference that a kid is wearing his earplugs while talking to his parentsC．parents shouldn’t give in to their kid when he shows no sign of respectD．kids’ purposely talking to their parents with iPod gives them a sense of power and control【小题5】The main idea of the passage is    .A．that respecting each other is more important than anything elseB．how kids behave to ignore and disrespect their parentsC．that children should make choices and decisions on their ownD．how parents can deal with their kid’s behavior effectivelyC