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PRACTICAL PARENTING: How To Cure The Homework Blues

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

By: Leigh Butler

How well or how fast you complete any task is based upon your attitude about the task. This is true for homework also.

If your child has a negative attitude about homework, it will undoubtedly take him longer to complete it. Attitude is 90% of the battle.

Often parents get the impression that their child lacks the necessary skills to do homework independently because it takes their child so long to complete their homework. In many cases this is not true. The real problem is that the child just has a negative attitude about doing it so homework becomes a struggle.

Once you help your child change his attitude you have won 90% of the battle.

To help him change his negative attitude follow the tip above – talk to him about the purpose of homework. Also, make sure the environment is conducive to completing homework.

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