We’re getting ready for a big Thanksgiving trip and one task we assigned Corwin was to find out what he would have to do that week we will be gone and get it done ahead of time. He find this a nigh insurmountable task until we said “no problem, we’ll just leave you at Jack’s house until we get back”. That got him motivated to enough to actually have a self-initiated conversation with his teachers. I haven’t thought to ask Jack and his parents what they think of themselves as being used as that kind of negative motivator. Hey, another task for Corwin!