Child Not Doing Homework? Read This Before You Try.
Here are five common discipline problems faced by parents of children with ADHD — and solutions for each of them. 1. “My child absolutely refuses to do as he is told.” Sometimes parents and kids get into a pattern in which daily tasks (doing homework or getting ready for bed) provoke battles.
So for your child, starting homework as early as possible is ideal. Help your child break down homework into manageable parts. If he has an involved worksheet to do, it may feel overwhelming. Fold it in half. Have him do the top half, take a super quick break, and then the bottom half. Color is novel and novelty improves attention.
When you send your child to time-out or you take away his privileges for misbehavior, you expect the consequence to sting a bit so it will motivate him to make better choices. So it can be frustrating if your child doesn't seem to care about the consequences you give him.
A little creative thought about reinforcing the child when they do it right can be powerful. If you need a child to come to dinner and stop watching television, you might let him have another 15 minutes with the TV after dinner and before bedtime if they come right away and without complaining.
In this case, do her homework with her to see if she understands how to do it, or feels particularly stressed over some aspect of it. Even if she isn't, at first spend the whole time sitting there. After learning what her assignment is, work out the first problem or two (or listen to her read the first few sentences) to make sure she understands the work at the level that's expected.
Homework is a child’s task and responsibility, however, parents also play a role: that of monitoring, supporting, answering questions and ensuring that their children complete their homework but never, never should parents do homework for their children. Not doing homework for the student doesn’t mean you can’t get involved.
To punish or not to punish, that is the question. John Stein. It is really difficult to talk about punishment these days, but it is important to do so. One problem in discussing punishment arises from the strong feelings and values associated with punishment that are based on thousands of years of traditions.