How to Teach your child Time Management

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Life is complicated. Children have more homework, scheduled activities and commitments than in past generations. Parents to have busy schedules. In order for a household to thrive, a family needs time management skills. Most children are not born organized. A parent must teach children time management skills. Read on to learn how to teach your child time management skills.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

Calendar
<br>Posterboard
<br>Markers

Step1

Be a role model. Unorganized chaotic parents usually have unorganized chaotic children. Make a schedule for personal tasks and stick to it. Demonstrate to a child how to be a successful time manager.

Step2

Develop family routines as a family. Hold a family meeting to discuss chores and activities. Allow input from all family members on chores and activities that are to be a part of the family routine. Determine rewards that will occur when each family member completes his tasks. Decide on what consequences occur when someone does not fulfill his responsibility.

Step3

Make routine and chore charts for each member of the family. For parents and older children, a list of chores should be enough. For a younger child, provide a sticker chart to motivate and give visual cues to complete tasks. For children too young to read, pictures and colors can represent tasks.

Step4

Provide a child with the necessary tools she needs to succeed. Alarm clocks, wrist watches and personal calendars may be used with an older child. For a younger child, parental reminders and charts will help her to focus on necessary activities.

Step5

Practice the previous steps consistently. If a child does not practice time management on a regular basis, he will likely struggle with it. Consistently keeping lines of communication open, acting as a role model and providing tools to succeed will ease the process of teaching time management.

Tips & Warnings

Time management take practice, keep making an effort to improve these skills.
Don't expect children to be good time managers if their parents have poor time management skills.