How to Help a Teen Get Organized
Organization is a trait that is not easy to come by. Many people try but not a lot of them succeed. Helping a teen get organized is not the easiest thing in the world. It takes patience and persistence. Hang in there. The following will give you the steps you need to help a teen get organized.
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Instructions
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Write down the tasks you have. Help the teen make a list of the things they have to do. For example, if you were helping them organize the following day, the list may have things like hang out with friends, go to school, eat breakfast, eat dinner, do homework, make bed.
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Put the list in order. For example: get up, make bed, have breakfast, go to school, do homework, hang out with friends, eat dinner.
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Work with the teen to get the tasks accomplished the next day. Once you start the teen in the right direction, you need to stay with it so they don't backtrack. It is possible to get good habits as well as bad. In this case, if they get the assigned tasks done each day, after awhile they will just do them as part of their normal routine.
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Add additional tasks as time passes. You can now help your teen organize their week, rather than their day. Now have them prepare a list with additional items, such as, playing sports, dating, chores they are assigned and long term projects.
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Help them organize the list in an order that is doable. As they take more control of their life, they will be grateful for the organization. They will find they have more time to do the things they really want because the things they don't enjoy are being done in a timely fashion.
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Keep at it. It will not be easy, the teens will rebel and there may be days they don't want to do the routine that they have to in order to be organized. You need to be strong and persistent, but also caring enough to realize everyone needs a day off once in awhile. The long run is what counts and your teen will be grateful as their need to organize will carry over into every facet of their life.
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Tips & Warnings
Teens will thank you in the end--be patient.
Don't forget teens are people too. They need a break now and then.
