How do you get a 13 year old to do their homework?

Answer 1

take away their tv, phone, ipod, nintendo, myspace, cd player, skateboard, posters in their room & bicycle until it's done

Answer 2

Here's something to try: Talk with the teachers about it, and tell them you are going to stop telling your 13 year old to do his/her homework. With failing grades, perhaps your child will understand that to succeed at school one has to have their head down and their butt up. The teachers could offer make up assignments to bring the grades up.

Most kids don't see the point of homework, and as a parent oen can tell their children that although it might seem pointless to have homework, just getting through it and remembering there is a reward at the end (ie, getting good grades) of their hard work.

Offer to work with your child, and set aside a time of each day that the homework gets done. No TV, no music, and s/he is to sit at the kitchen table (or wherever you are likely to be) so they can be supervised and have you there to ask questions if/when they get stuck.

Answer 3

My mom doesnt let my 13 yr old bro go outside or have friends over or get on the computer or play playstation until its done. =]

Answer 4

Take away the cellphone, t.v, phone and anything that has outside(your home) attendance and tell them they have to earn them back by doing their homework.

Answer 5

wow i am 13 my mom never tells me to do my homework.. ...but i guess you can take something away. don't yell at them, thats the attention they like. so just take something away.. ipod,tv,computer, myspace, etc..

Answer 6

Take control. He can either do his homework, or just sit in his room "unplugged." (No electronic devices at all.)

Answer 7

take every single thing he he/she enjoys away from her/him until she/he is done