My friend's son, 15 years old, has a very hard time staying focused on anything. It takes him two hours, literally, to do a few dishes. It takes him 3 hours to do 30 minutes worth of homework. He can take from the time he gets home from school until suppertime to eat a snack. Not doing anything else in the meantime. Just munchin' on the snack. He's easily distracted, but he's a brilliant child, all Advanced classes, etc. The advanced classes are totally his idea, but his parents have to stay after him to get his homework done so that he can go to bed. The teachers say that it is just his personality. Procrastination is not a good personality trait. Especially when he's looking to start working within the next year. He will get the job done quickly if he has something that he wants to do, or if he has a time limit. But always setting time limits gets humdrum to both him and his parents. And a boss isn't going to be that patient. What can his parents do?
2007-02-06
03:52:03
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Angel L
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