making sure DD does homework

[Anonymous]

how do you make sure my DD does her homework. I get home at 7 pm. When I get home she can't focus at all and her pills wear off. She is in High School, so she not going to go to a babysitter, but what do you do? Take away her phone? she has to use her computer to get online so yah

[Anonymous]

Don't take her phone away OP, many times that will have a more negative result.

Most high schools offer free after school homework/tutoring help. I would look in to that option that way she gets her HW done before she comes home. Also, at that time of day some of her meds may still be in her system.

Another option is to hire a college student to be a homework buddy, or hire a tutor that will come to her school to work with her one-on-one with her homework.

All of these options will kill a lot of birds with one stone:
1) HW gets done
2) it gets done at school without the distractions that being home offers such as TV, phone, refrigerator.
3) it removes any chance of there being turmoil and fights at home because all of the HW and studying is completed by the time you get home.

[Anonymous]

Does she have decent study/organizational skills now? That might be the first step. There are tutors for study skills or books like Homework Made Simple etc.

Secondly, medication late in the day probably is not going to be helpful b/c she could end up with insomnia.

Third, does she know how to cook or are there prepared meals that she can heat up and eat? Having her eat dinner b/f you get home leaves plenty of time for her to do homework starting at 7 pm.

So starting at 7, her phone goes in the charger for the night. Review what she needs to do for the next day, that week, the coming weeks until she seems to have the handle on how to structure her time. Set the timer for 20 minutes. Let her take 5 minute breaks. Have hand fidgets like stress balls, etc. while she works. Until structuring her time comes more easily, make sure everything is packed up the the next day b/f she goes to bed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she have decent study/organizational skills now? That might be the first step. There are tutors for study skills or books like Homework Made Simple etc.

Secondly, medication late in the day probably is not going to be helpful b/c she could end up with insomnia.

Third, does she know how to cook or are there prepared meals that she can heat up and eat? Having her eat dinner b/f you get home leaves plenty of time for her to do homework starting at 7 pm.

So starting at 7, her phone goes in the charger for the night. Review what she needs to do for the next day, that week, the coming weeks until she seems to have the handle on how to structure her time. Set the timer for 20 minutes. Let her take 5 minute breaks. Have hand fidgets like stress balls, etc. while she works. Until structuring her time comes more easily, make sure everything is packed up the the next day b/f she goes to bed

she coooks but when it comes to homework is a no no