Why doesn't my child want to do homework? How so? There is no such thing as laziness, experts are convinced. There is a specific reason behind the name. For example, when parents or teachers want to prevent laziness so much that they constantly repeat: "Don't be lazy". Or any failure is explained: "Because you do not want to do anything. And the child begins to believe that he or she is lazy from birth. There is a phenomenon: if someone is expected to do something, he changes his behaviour in such a way that expectations come true. For example, if examiners are given false information about high intelligence of some students and low intelligence of others, they inflate or undervalue marks, and not without reason. In fact, those who are looked at with interest, kindly, answer better than usual. Those who are listened to disapprovingly, "inattentively", mumble. Parents' cries of "You don't want to do anything at all!" only increase t