What to do if your child procrastinates on homework

If parents find that their children are procrastinating when doing homework, they should pay attention. If the child develops this procrastinating character, it will be very harmful to the child's future life, work and study. Children should develop a good sense of time and be planned in doing things. When parents educate their children, they can cultivate their children's advantages in this aspect through relatively small things.

1. Cultivate children's sense of time and do things in a planned way

Children procrastinate because they don't know the value of time. They don't feel sorry for wasting time by dawdling. They do things without a plan. They just do whatever they think of without setting a deadline for completion. At this time, you should make a plan for what the child wants to do, and try to stick to it to improve the child's efficiency. At the same time, he will understand that if he can do one thing as quickly as possible, he will have more time to do other things, and thus understand the value of time.

2. Let your children make their own decisions

Parents should not rely too much on their children. If they want their children to fly, they must give them wings of freedom. Let the child make his own decisions about his own affairs and decide what to do, and let him bear the consequences of his own procrastination. Over time, the child will naturally realize the disadvantages and will not dare to delay any longer.

The power of language is enormous. Don’t always say that your child is “slow” or “procrastinating”. Instead, say to your child, “Who is faster among us?” or “Today should be faster than yesterday!” Give your child positive hints and motivate him or her with appropriate words of encouragement. Only then can your child develop the good habit of not procrastinating.

4. Don’t put too much pressure on your child

Childhood should be a happy time, but some parents have too high expectations for their children. They enroll their children in interest classes, force them to learn this and that, and are very strict with their children. Children who are under great pressure and feel painful will want to escape from it all. They use procrastination to get a moment of happiness and gradually develop the habit of procrastination.

Children have a nutritious diet, are in good health, go to bed early and get up early every day, and are naturally full of energy and full of enthusiasm for everything they do.