Hi ABQMom,

I almost didn't post this because I knew I'd get responses like yours. The point I'm trying to make is that this isn't about being burnt out. I know my kid. This is about not wanting to cooperate with Mom. (This is the same kid who, yesterday, saw three rows of three trees and said, "Three, six, nine, there are nine of them," and was totally chuffed at her discovery. This is not a child who is mentally burnt out. This is also a child who, when she does focus on the work, grins like a maniac when she gets it right and asks to do more.)

Honestly, if I were asking her to do 20 minutes of household chores a day on Spring break, and the rest was play play play, nobody would be arguing that I was burning her out or not letting her be a normal kid.