Teaching Children Responsibility and How to Plan Their time

2 May , 2014  

Children do well when their time is well planned and structured. However it can become a concern for parents during days off and breaks with lots of unstructured time on the hands of the kids. Parents are concerned that the child’s time is used productively. It can be difficult for a parent to act as a Google Calendar reminder constantly for their child. Its gets tiring for the parent and frustrating for the child. The child feels nagged all the time and it affects the parent child relationship.
What are your goals for the day?
Instead one can try to discuss with the child their goals for the day, in a conversational style where the child feels like an equal participant in the plan. Participation in making the plan makes them own the plan. The parent can give a list of things that cannot be compromised on and also the boundaries within which those things have to accomplished.
Putting the responsibility on the child to plan their tasks and time helps them organize themselves and see the consequences of their plan. They learn how to finish tasks sooner so that they can have more play time.And also mommy doesn’t seem to be a nag and mommy doesn’t have to worry about monitoring every movement and each time telling them to finish the homework.

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