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Lazy child

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NewLife4Me · 10/06/2016 19:20

If you have or have had a lazy child what are you doing/ did you do to stop the laziness.
teachers say dd is lazy, they have strategies they will use at school, but she isn't bothered about the reputation of being lazy, bare minimum will do.
She is like this with everything, not just school work.
there may be SEN, currently being assessed, but not sure this has anything to do with it as she is the same outside school.
Apart from leading by example and stop any laziness at home what can we do to help?

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NewLife4Me · 11/06/2016 22:20

Thank you all for your lovely comments, support and advice.
It's so good to know I'm not alone and that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
She is home and very happy despite finishing her end of year tests and not doing to well.
She was given extra time and is seeing the SENCO on a daily basis for Maths intervention. She scored very low, I think she said 17/100 in Science.
I said that's 17%, she said no it's out of 100.

I know they are supporting her well at school and already she is a different girl. Much happier, less stressed and anxious. This has only come about in the last few weeks, so I'm still hoping that it's not temporary and we go back to how bad things were for her.
My apologies if that sounds mean, but it has been such a battle that I don't want to count my chickens.

I try to get her to see where I have found strategies to manage and also where I haven't.
With me it is tidying and housework. i try ever so hard, but end up in a bigger mess than when I started, with unfinished piles everywhere.
In this sense I feel I have failed her by not being able to do it myself.
I am no longer late though, unless I am completely blameless, it just doesn't happen Grin
I think I will just keep talking to her, we both seem very good at this.
Thank you so much for the wonderful responses, I'm grateful for all of them.

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Trufflethewuffle · 11/06/2016 22:35

My DS2 has dyspraxia, he finds organisation so difficult. We have worked on this using cards with a list of what he needs to do each day.
We started with me doing the lists and have progressed to him doing the lists.
Take it step by step. We had some really low times. Then today he has got himself a good summer job. Progress has been made.

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