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[quote=Anonymous]This is what I've done. Each day right after school my son must review his agenda and tell me what he has to do. I'm fine with vague responses. Then he must give me his plan for getting it done. He has to tell me what time he intends to start, where he intends to do his homework, whether he will need anything from me, and how he intends to spend his evening. Then he has to stick to his plan without me prompting. Usually on his own initiative he will set an alarm for the time he agreed to start. So long as he gets the work and turns it in, I stay out of it. We've been working on this since third grade and it has been working really well.

There are times where I don't like his plan and where I think his plan is going to be very difficult to achieve. But I allow it and process it afterwards. The most I ever do when he puts something together that I don't like is ask if he is sure about his plan and does he remember the last time he tried it and the difficulty he encountered.

As far as letting your child fail, I don't think it's an all or nothing. Sure my son has occasions where he makes a bad plan and stays up far later than I would like to get the work done or when he does a half assed job because he waited too long. In that regard his plan didn't work. But he's got to learn how to manage his work without me and that will involve mistakes, bad judgment and incredible successes. [/quote]

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