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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how do you react when he melts down? If you're helping him, soothing, or bargaining with him, you're feeding the beast.

These kids haven't had homework in a while. He needs to be told to sit down, make a list of what they have, and tackle something. When that's done, check it off, take a 3 minute break and tackle the next item. All while you go about whatever you need to do.

You might take this weekend to reset thing. Tell him to prepare to get his homework done efficiently this week. Discuss how you expect him to handle it and how you behave. Talk about what he gets to do when he's done with his work. (In our house, there are no personal screens until your work is done.) We do have one kid who needs a few minutes of physical activity before the work gets done, but he can reliably get his time in playing basketball/shooting on the rebounder and then come do his work.

Good luck![/quote]

Op here. I am SO patient to a point. Quiet, calm, supportive, helpful. I sit with him at the table if that’s what he wants. I make suggestions, recommendations, offer guidance, like I really can’t think of a better way to approach it. But when he gets defiant and starts screaming, it is really challenging to keep my cool.  [/quote]

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