Go to Sleep!!!

paying3tuitions
Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:38:33 +0000

Also, he does this multi-tasking routine of wearing headphones and singing (rapping) along while doing his homework AND using his social networking sites.





Also, this week he really botched a couple of his English assignments and will have to dig his way out. Any ideas on how to get him to adjust his habits a bit without being a raging nag?



So it’s not working entirely. What if you put him in charge by “challenging” him to experiment for one week, studying downstairs without multi-tasking on screen, etc.
Ask him to give it an honest try, and see if HE finds it easier to keep up.

He doesn’t have to report the results to you. You don’t nag. It won’t change otherwise, and maybe if he runs the experiment, he might decide to change it himself.

Chores? No excuses. That;s just junk he’s giving you there.

Family dinner? I agree with others to supply food and take that issue away. But here we’d have said we still need his personal company at dinner, even if just with a glass of water. The conversations are important, and I’d be concerned about totally losing the family feeling without that gathering point. It’s disorienting to never sit together all day, and you have the right to insist on that (I feel) if you are providing EVErythING ELSE under the sun for him.

We made a separate “3-kids’ study” downstairs with computer, 3 desks, bookbag drop and school books (the "hard stuff), and kept their rooms all soft (bedding, clothing and personal reading). No TV’s in any bedrooms except ours, because we’re hypocrites. Zzzzzz.