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HomeworkA Parents Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking OutNeil McNerney, LPCwww.neilmcnerney.comHomework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Homework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Student Approach To School

The ProcrastinatorThe BlamerThe Its Not My Fault StudentThe DisorganizedThe Defiant StudentThe UnmotivatedThe Responsible StudentThe Anxious StudentParent Leadership RolesSupporter

Consultant

BossSupporterHit and Run PraiseDont Over-Do It

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The ConsultantConsultantTentativeShoulder to ShoulderAttitude of Child

BossStart or Stop Behavior?StopStartPunishmentRewardLeadershipSupporter

Consultant

BossBlamerComplainerDefiantDisorganizedWorriedSneakyUnmotivatedProcrastinator

Study Skill MythsStaff TrainingsPTA/PTO Parent Presentations

Students were asked: If you could tell your parent one thing about schoolwork and how they could be more helpful, what would it be?This is what they said

Help only when I ask for it.

If Im not freaking out, you dont have to, either.

Keep my sister out of my room.

Don't nag me.I know I need to do it.

Back off when I dont get an A.

Stop worrying about when I start my projects or when I finish them.Dont remind me about my projects every five minutes.

Encourage me rather than scold me.

Dont tell me right when I get home from SEVEN HOURS OF SCHOOL to do more work. Give me a break, then Ill do it.

I wish my parents understood that sometimes my friends ARE more important than homework

Stop checking the school website because you think Im lying about my homeworkTrust me a little more

Stop making me redo math problems.

Trust me a little more. Even though I dont want to, I will do my homework because I dont want a lower grade.Back off when I dont get an A.

Trust me and let me do what I want. Trust me that I want to get good grades too.Trust me

Believe in me

Trust meBelieve in me