Kids and Studies.

How long should they be studying for each day? Maybe you should look through the things they should be studying and write down some key questions to ask them. If they don't know the answers that will prove they need to study. You may need quite a few questions just in case they know some answers. You could also sit them down and speak to them as adults and explain that all you're asking of them is to study for x amount of hours (or minutes) and that their life and yours would be a lot easier or that they can take the hard road and make their own lives much harder for them than it will be for you. Because they're the -kids- and you're the -adult-. How are their grades in school? Maybe you should ask them if, when they graduate, they would like to live on the street like beggars because being uneducated (like they will be if they don't study and do well) they will never be able to get jobs and make enough money to support themselves. You could tell them they have to study 3 hours every night and when they start complaining about that tell them okay, I'll compromise with you. You only have to study for 1 hour. Is that better? It might sound good to them. They might think their complaining worked. Just throwing a few ideas out there.

Tell them to study for half and hour then have a small break.Then repeat it for two hour sessions.Have biscuits and snacks on hand for them to nibble.Explain this is their chance to make something of themselves.Do they really want everyone else to do better than them.Kids sometimes wind you up on purpose ,I am sure they will want to do well,just put a doubt in their mind they may not do well.They are sure to take some time to study.

I also have two teeners, and they are totally different in their study habits. The first (she's 15 and already in first year college) would study days before the exam, in fact, she would actually stress over it, which really bothers me. I would be like, come on loosen up. My second (she's 14 and a sophomore) is a little laid back. I rarely see her studying. She spends much time doing crafts, singing, except studying, but the surprising thing is she always gets good grades. She could have them better though if she studied harder. So, what I am trying to point out here is that children have different study attitudes. Some would hate to be pushed to study (like my second) while others live to study (like my first child). What we need to do is guide them (and insist on the "no gadget" rule) and monitor them closely, so that we can be sure they are doing some studying. Also, make sure they study daily, not only during the exams. Emphasize that it is much harder to cram everything they've learned in a day. Check them everyday, and make sure all projects and homeworks are turned up on time.