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My 5-year old refuses to eat lunch at school. He doesn't like the food: sandwich, lasagna, macaroni, salad, etc. Also he is used to being fed at home but nobody feeds him at school.

One day, he fell in love with a Transformer backpack at a store. I said no. But he kept asking. Sensing he's a little crazy about it, I told him that if he eats lunch at school for a week, he'd get the backpack.

Next 5 days, he indeed ate everything at school: sandwich, lasagna, macaroni, even salad. He got his backpack on the weekend. To my delight, he kept eating lunch ever since.

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Teamwork: compromise with team members. Accept the negative, appreciate the positive.

My wife is a little disorganized. She leaves the light on, the drawers open, and things everywhere. She loses things often. Instead of arguing with her or trying to change her, I accepted her the way she is. I pick up after her. I watch out for her credit cards. Happily. Why? Because she has a lot of positives. She's a good worker around the house, fast and effective. She's even a handyman (or woman). I'm very clumsy so I really appreciate it when she puts up a curtain or changes a shower head or hooks up the karaoke machine.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net