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what do you do if your
child
is a procrastinator? how do you break his habit? how do you keep him on track and from becoming a procrastinator professional? ?e best thing to do is nip these habits in the bud, starting with the
parents
?
behaviors
. ewing shares, ?as
parents
, if we tend to procrastinate in a lot of major areas in life, then there?s a possibility that we may procrastinate as far as our
child
?s needs are concerned as well. a good place to start is for the parent to list the main areas in life in which he or she has difficulty in maintaining timely responsibilities. under each responsibility, the parent should list what is expected of them in that category and what realistic goals may be obtained in slowly starting to change
behaviors
related to that area of life.? ?rough working on their own tasks and responsibilities,
parents
will be able to cut back on their need to push off tasks. ?ey will begin to complete things rather than procrastinate, and in turn, help their
child
ren to do the same. ?with age-appropriate discussion, we should model to
child
ren how procrastination can ultimately serve to hurt us at school and at work. ?e parent might suggest that both he or she and their
child
work on ways of being respectful towards the things we are expected of in everyday life as a team. ?e parent can also speak with the
child
?s teacher to form a plan which helps to assist with procrastination both inside and out of the home,? ewing adds. it?s never too late for procras- tinating
parents
to change their
behaviors
. we are all human beings, and we all have faults. while these negative
behaviors
are less than ideal, they are still playing a role in shaping our
child
ren. howev- er, we can still work through them together to help stop parental procrastination and keep our
child
ren from devel- oping the behavior. ? how to help november 2016 | br
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