This afternoon I saw a strategy presented for parents to help their children complete dreaded homework. I know and use this strategy when I teach with good results. Here it is: to get a child to complete overwhelming and seemingly difficult homework, break it into chunks. Completing small chunks at a time makes the child feel a sense of accomplishment and increased self-esteem as smaller tasks are successfully finished.
The same strategy is supposed to work for getting long term projects handed in by the due date. However, there are people who are just not motivated until the stress that occurs as the deadline approaches makes them difficult to live with. Some children and even adults need that stress before getting motivated like a junkie needs drugs. I understand that more now. But what's a teacher of parent to do about it?
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