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 the chances that things won't get off the ground.

What to do? Reinforce the opposite. Yes, it works, try it! Reiterate to your child that he is a hard worker at heart. Look for evidence, even strange evidence: "It must be hard for an active kid (girl) like you to sit in front of a computer all day? But after all, you go from level to level in the game, which means you're persistent." Think back to when your son or daughter helped you, did something enthusiastically for a long time. Don't force, don't demand for at least a few weeks. Wait until the words begin to magically work. And then try to transfer the positive image of the hard worker to work on homework. Say, for such a persistent child, there is only half an hour's worth of homework. Does the pupil think the homework is big? Then make a challenge, but also with a positive attitude: "I bet you can finish maths in an hour? With your character you can win". You could also suggest that your child ask for help from an online service. But how do you know which service you have selected is scam or legit? Of course by the reviews. For example the Studybay service has very good reviews. 

The child's performance is uneven

How's that? Lazy called in school many prominent people: for example, the brilliant scientist Albert Einstein, inventor Thomas Edison, the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Wilhelm Wien. Perhaps your child's problem is not an indifference to schoolwork, but an asymmetry of the brain hemispheres, where the right side is much more active. Of course, this is not always a sign of genius, can bring problems in life, so a visit to a neurologist is not a bad thing. But it's not an illness either. People with imaginative thinking and such a bright "right hemisphere" have contributed to art and science. However, such a child is incapable of living up to a timetable, especially if pushed.

"Right-handedness" has given rise to many myths: it is not really about emotions and is certainly not a purely feminine characteristic. But such a child's activity is much more dependent on natural cycles than others. Planned a lot of affairs, but today - magnetic storms, forces at zero, so he is "lazy". But in the moments of a rush of energy a pupil can move mountains. A school schedule for such a boy or girl is a severe trial, from which at least at home they want to have a rest. It is from plans and timetables, not from intellectual activity.

What to do? Forget the advice: "Don't take up work until you have finished the previous one". Monotonous activities tire these children out, and effectiveness is reduced. Let him move from one activity to the next, no matter how strange it may seem. Solve two math examples, do a grammar task in a language notebook, watch a biology video. And then maths again. The main thing is to switch between different learning activities and to rest every 45 minutes when the child moves, walks or goes out to the balcony for some air.