Procrastination is as much a part of our humanness as eating and sleeping is. But teens are especially vulnerable to it. As a parent, you might be tired of telling they should never put off until tomorrow but they rarely listen. Most people procrastinate because they are not enthusiastic about a task, or because there’s no shortage of more interesting, exciting, or pressing things to do. Let’s see why your kid procrastinates and how to stop it?

 For a parent, dealing with a child who puts off finishing chores, homework or other tasks until tomorrow can be pretty frustrating. Sometimes kids procrastinate simply because they don’t feel like tackling the task at hand. But there are many other reasons that urge a child to give up on their responsibilities and procrastinate.

Understanding Why Your Child Procrastinates

Sometimes children don’t understand what is expected of them. They also feel they can easily get away with it if they skip doing a task or delay its completion. At times they are aware of what is expected of them but they are afraid to do it wrong. One of the no. 1 reasons for kids procrastinating is that they have something better to do.

Trick Your  Brain

Neil Fire, author of the book The Now Habit says it is easy to combat your child’s procrastination habit with the help of an attitude change. Ask your child to transform the thought ‘I don’t want to’ into ‘I wonder what will come?’ It seems simple but the whole attitude gradually changes for the better.

Get Comfortable With Mistakes

How to help a lazy child> simply tell them that it’s ok to not be perfect. They should get comfortable with making mistakes. Perfectionism is one of the things stopping them from achieving greater productivity.

Think Smaller Chunks

Urge your lazy kid to break overwhelming or intimidating tasks into smaller chunks. Your child, for instance has a big test coming up but simply cant get the gears in motion, help them divide the things they have to learn in small parts that are easy for them to understand  and memorize.

Set Expectations For Homework Completion

Parents can work on the productivity of their child by setting expectations for them. You can offer them rewards and calculate their success rate. That will help them procrastinate less and finish the tasks assigned to them.