Children
‘Lazy’ is a conclusion we reach when we are tired. Before that, consider: they cannot do it yet, they are afraid of your face when they get it wrong, they cannot sit, or the fight has become the relationship. Shame makes children leave the table. Curiosity brings them back.
Shorten the sitting. Sit nearby without hovering. Praise the start, not only the finish. If every subject is a war, ask school what they see. A learning or attention assessment is useful when the child is bright in talk and lost on paper.
Parent guidance can also change the evening even when the academics are fine — because the power struggle has become the homework. Both can be true.
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