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Why gifted kids don’t want to do their homework. For over thirty years I have worked with gifted children and their parents on problems with starting, completing, and handing in homework. Unfortunately, homework is a huge problem for many many families with gifted children. Parents cannot understand why their super-smart child is being so difficult, rude, and irresponsible. I have come up.

Often, motivation to learn is related to achievement in school. For example, a lazy child who doesn't want to learn may have trouble staying interested both in class and after school when it is time to work on homework. Learn about tips for motivating and helping your child enjoy the learning experience.

Dear ADDitude Dear ADDitude: My Teen Won’t Do His Homework! “My 13-year-old rushes through his homework and often forgets to hand it in. He also has ODD, so he is so stubborn and doesn’t want to study or accept help.

Q. My middle school son won’t do his homework. He tells me it’s complete, and I find out later it wasn’t. I try to keep up with it on the teachers’ websites, but he always tells me he.

So it could be that the school doesn't care about homework and it's just a tick box exercise, so the children having a sense of that don't want to do it. It could also be that he thinks the work is too easy for him and it's just a waste of his time. If the homework is important you'll get a sense from the school. And if the teacher is not.

Q: My 14-year-old son is in Grade 9 and he has so much more homework than he ever has before. Every day is a battle to get him to do it. He’s doing well in school, but I am so tired of fighting.

I would like to offer some advice about one of the most frequent problems presented to me in over 30 years of clinical practice: battles over homework. I have half-jokingly told many parents that.

For example, your kid doesn’t do his homework without your constant reminding, nagging and yelling. You feel that you have to do this because, otherwise, your child will fail in school. You feel that you have to do this because, otherwise, your child will fail in school.

Help! My child doesn't like reading. What can you do if your child simply doesn't like sitting down with a book? Award-winning parenting author Nicola Morgan explains how to coax the most reluctant reader into becoming a bookworm.

If your child doesn’t follow directions once in a while, you might not think much of it. Kids don’t always do what they’re told to do. But if it happens a lot, you may wonder why your child doesn’t listen to you.

He’s really is a great kid, but I feel like I need to keep him on track. Motivating our children to do challenging things is a major part of being a parent. We want our children to be self motivated. We want our children to want to work hard at school. We want our children to clean their rooms. Often our children are not self motivated.

My kid doesn't want to go to college and I don't know what to do. It's okay. Here's how you can help your child pursue their passions and not get lost.