Anyone have trouble getting their child to do homework?

Well i have a 7 year old daughter that loves school and Loves to do her home work but then i also have a 17 year old son that can't wait to get out of school and does not like home work will blow off work if he can he is to graduate this year we hope LOL but is failing World history big time I wish you luck but it seems the older they get the less they want to do it. good luck

hey hi!i don't have a kid of my own but i have 2 younger sisters (10-13).i do help them sometimes with their homework and all i can say is that you need patience.that all it takes.it's never easy as children are easily distracted.Get him to study for shorter times.give him chocolate as it can be helpful with concentration and be as nice as you can.good luck.

Its simple, they exchange homework hours for Gamecube-playing time in the weekend. If they dont finish their homework, their hours are invalidated, if they finish, they get bonus hours.

It is very hard at that age. My son went through it and at first I yelled and screamed for him to do it. That didn't work. What I ended up doing was taking is stuff away everytime he didn't do his homework. I told him he was old enough to start making sure it got done. At first he tested me with it but when I stuck to my word he wised up quickly. He had to earn them back by completeling his assigments. After awhile he just got use to doing his homework quickly so that he got it out of the way. I kept in constant contact with the school to double check things. I am sure you will find a happy middle ground. If not see if they have an after school program that he can go to and do his homework because they will also help him with the things that he doesn't really understand.

I also feel the same way as you.My son is very clever he is doing the things fine now but whenever i ask him about his home work he is running away from me.I think he doesnt like writing.His teacher have complained me two three times.Now i am planning to tell him straightly about his lazyness otherwise he would loose his numbers in final exams.

The timer is a great idea and one I'm using at the moment, but we're also using consequences for not being finished within the designated time. We give our daughter 1 hour TV time in the evening(after homework) and for every 5mins she goes over the time allowed for homework she loses 5mins from TV time! It's working really well, missing the end of her favourite programme was like the end of the world the first day, but now she knows to get it done on time :) Irishangel

How about good old-fashioned bribery? If he turns in all his assignments for the week, he gets an extra hour on the playstation or some other special incentive? Something special for just the two of you. I know he is very attached to you and maybe earning some mommy and me time would work. Have you tried the disappointment card? "I am not angry at you, just disappointed in your not getting all your assignments turned in." Guilt is a wonderful motivator.

How much homework is your son getting? Is he getting too much? If not, all you can do is relate the "your choice and consequences" scenario. That is, if he choices to do 30 minutes of homework, he will get to watch 30 minutes of TV.It's his choice. Or you can try the reward technique. For every night that he completes his required homework, you will give him a gold star (get a calender for this). When he has 5 gold stars, then you will buy a present (to the value of your choosing). The reward technique often works. Good Luck.

I had the same problem with my daughter. I would have her do her homework as soon as we got home & she was to do nothing else until it was finished. One day she said "Mom, I have been at school all day, can't I have a break before doing more work?" I told her she could have an hour & then back to the books. After that hour she sat & did her work. I almost fainted! It never dawned on me that she needed a break between school & homework. Now, we have a set schedule, she has from the time we get home until 6:00 for herself, then at 6:00 she does her homework. So far this school year it has worked like a charm, I am keeping my fingers crossed that it stays! If your son doesn't have any learning disabilities, he may just need a more flexable schedule. Good luck to you.

We have a big problem with our 12 year old son doing homework . It is a fight all the time and he never gets it done . We are trying hard to work with his teacher and we have now found out he is having learning difficulties so they are trying to adjust the work for him but even with all that everyone is trying to do it is still a fight to get him to do anything . The only way we can get him to do anything at all is to tell him he is not allowed on the computer until he does his homework . Maybe you could try something like this , or some kind of reward if he finsihes in a certain amount of time without rushing through it . Best of luck !!

We used to have this problem with m son when he attended public school. One thing we did is just what another MyLot person suggested. His homework time earned him activity time. He isn't big on video games but he loved to take his ATV out or go riding the trails with his friends. So we would do for every half of homework that was completed and got at least a B he received one hour of free time on the weekend and Friday afternoons. Of course this is one more bonus of homeschooling, because my son doesn't have to go through all the questions and day to day distractions of a classroom he is able to complete all of his school work in four days instead of five and never has to do any work pasted 3:30pm.

I really wish I had some proven way to help you but unfortunatly I just don't. My daughter is only in grade 2 and homework has become a major issue with her. I've tried so many different ways to try to make her more organized.. more willing to get it done but nothing I do seems to get through to her. What we are doing now is she misses recess and some lunch hours at school while she's in the office doing any homework that she was supposed to do at home and quite often the teacher and the principal of the school will keep her after school and get her to do her homework there in the office. Then it's done before she comes home and there is less for us to fight over. Granted it's probably not the best solution because it's not teaching her to do her homework at home but at least it's getting done. I'm really lucky in the school that my children attend. The teachers and the staff there are very involved with the children and they work with me to figure out how to work out issues we have.

its da problem that many parents r facing...1st thing is not to mess with the kid...we should allot time for them for tv,gaming and homeworks....so he ll be fresh every moment and concentrate one thing at a time and finish the homework earlier than the alloted time.....try this out...dont force them make them enjoy what they r doing

Hi there, your ages must be different from here as my 11 year old is in year 7 at school. She loves homework and takes pride in it. Perhaps as she is now at 'intermediate' with only year 7 and 8....She feels as if she is older as its a new school and therefore has taken on the older school responsibility

may be your child is interested in playing....try to understand what he is interested in..then first try to explain him the homework problem with such a examples that he can play as well as he can complete the homework..

I used to explain to my kids the importance of doing homework. How much easier learning becomes by doing homework. Homework is needed because they put to practice what they have learned in school today. The first I let the child do upon reaching home is to have him sometime to change into houseclothes and then I prepare a good meal of his choice. Then we talk about what transpired in school the whole day. I ask him then if there are some assignments. If there are some, I coach him as he does the assignments. There are always two of us coping in coming out with the right assignments done. I do not know if other parents help their children in doing their assignments. I make sure that my children answers them all. I let them do it at first, then I go over and check each one. If there are some corrections I explain why it is so. It is fun doing those assignments, really. Children are encouraged to do their assignments once they are sure that they always submit ones with correct responses.

Yes I am facing this problem with my 14 year old sister.

Um ya!! I have a 13 year old daughter that is too busy talking on the phone with her friends to do her homework!!! You pretty much have to sit on them while they do their homework. At her age, i shouldn't have to, but i do...

i didn't get married yet and have no children.but let me try sharing something with you all.my cousin's daughter is 12 years old.She's so terrible doing homework.Lately, my cousin find one best way make her daughter love doing her homework.guess what?while she's doing her homework, my cousin will prepare tidbits and drinks, stay beside her, help her doing homework.Actually children in this age hope their parent could give them more attention.