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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who wrote the above. Oh, I'm well aware of that kids can't always work with their parents - I don't work with mine because of this.  My point is that if you can't find someone because of finances or market competition, who else do you have except the parent?

Also, while we have a private tutor who helps with both exec func and school work with our kid, as a parent, I'm there to also support.  It's not like you hire someone and bam! as a parent you are totally clear of anything else you need to do.

As mom, I have someone who can do most of the heavy lifting weekly in working with my kid but I still am the one who helps my kid practice these habits, works with the tutor to ensure effectiveness, etc.  Let's be honest - too many parents hire help and leave it at that.  As working parents, my family def is guilty of this some of the time but with learning disabilities, I've also learned that the parent has to commit to the effort or the coaching doesn't stick.

The same reasons why the kid needs the exec coaching contributes to their inconsistency in doing what they need to do - you need a parent there to push and support, to manage and monitor that they are actually on top of all the cheat cheats basically they need to utilize to help them in ways that it's so much harder for them - stuff we who have no deficits take for granted.  I see and hear too many stories of my kids' friends whose parents don't want to do that work.

My other kid is like a natural at it.  I simply cannot expect that one person working with my LD kid can flip a switch and have it look like my kid who excels at organization.  It's just not that easy even though I have one kid that makes it look it.[/quote]

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