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Oct 3, 2011
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I can honestly say that I threatened to take softball away altogether for a much more egregious offense. Not that I would have, but she didn't know that. As for getting her to clean her room, it's much easier to threaten to keep her home and away from spending time with her boyfriend since she's older. Now to find a way to get her to clean the 57 half empty water/gator ade bottles and 30+ half empty, stale bags of sunflower seeds out of her catchers gear/bat bag:rolleyes:
 
Sep 8, 2015
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We use it at least twice a month and its usually the same thing. Clean your room or no pitching lessons...
 
Aug 23, 2016
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We threaten to take away DD's hitting lesson. She's 8, it's not totally necessary at this age, but DD loves her hitting instructor so much and thinks it's torture that we take breaks from lessons during her off-season. She straightens up at the first mention of taking a week's lesson away.
 
Apr 24, 2016
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Dude, we threaten throat punches and Chinese water torture at my house...DD is 13 and her room looks like a hobo lives in it. If the hobo was a blind serial killer...just getting her to leave those funky cleats outside is a win at my house.
 
Jun 12, 2015
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I haven't, because it would hurt me as much as it would hurt her. I use bribery. "Let's invite this friend over for a sleepover. Oh, but your room has to be clean." So far, it works.
 

bmd

Jan 9, 2015
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I'm with Eric....LOL You sound like my oldest DD that doesn't play sports. She claims we love her little sister more because she pitches/plays softball!

C'mon. Keep the priorities straight. I love DD 2, but she doesn't pitch.
 
Jun 27, 2011
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I haven't, because it would hurt me as much as it would hurt her.

Do we have a cartoonist who can put this on paper? Parent in kid's bedroom, place is a pigsty. Parent is balling his/her eyes out, ''This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you, but no softball today until you get this place cleaned up!''

Ain't that the truth.
 

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