Keeping Your Child Focused | Real Parents, Tough Topics
Do you have trouble keeping your child focused? Are you frustrated with homework challenges and keeping your child on task? As part of our Real Parents, Tough Topics series, Understood has...
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I believe all of us have kids with attentional issues. And so I'd love to get a sense from you guys, what you have found that helps your child focus. What's the trick? For me, it's giving him a clear list. Being very specific as to what he needs to do, because if he doesn't have it laid out for him, it's very difficult for him to be able to know what's next. So he's taking responsibility for it now. And another thing that has helped us is that we don't do TV from Monday to Thursday. So for us, he's not rushing to go do technology. You know, you have to, you know, snack, homework, and then it's time for the afternoon, like, dinner together. You know what I mean? Like we all sit down together and we have dinner. I think...
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I believe all of us have kids with attentional issues. And so I'd love to get a sense from you guys, what you have found that helps your child focus. What's the trick? For me, it's giving him a clear list. Being very specific as to what he needs to do, because if he doesn't have it laid out for him, it's very difficult for him to be able to know what's next. So he's taking responsibility for it now. And another thing that has helped us is that we don't do TV from Monday to Thursday. So for us, he's not rushing to go do technology. You know, you have to, you know, snack, homework, and then it's time for the afternoon, like, dinner together. You know what I mean? Like we all sit down together and we have dinner. I think...
