Teens Need Organizational Skills
Teens need organizational skills to navigate high school.
Ask a teen what they like doing the most and they’ll tell you hanging out with their friends. Step back and look at their daily lives and it’s hard to find their friends in the crowd of teachers with homework, teams, family, and projects.
Which person, project, assignment, or hangout time do they choose to do first?
Teenagers can become overwhelmed when their focus is spread over a long list of to-dos and expectations. To navigate high school, teens need organizational skills. Organizational skills aren’t the same as a post or talk about being organized. It’s hands-on.
You love them and want them to feel confident and protected but trying to find the right answer leaves you frustrated. Isn’t the school supposed to be doing this? When did they start having so much to do?
Use a simpler approach. Help them improve one part of their organization skills.
Invite me into their current situation. It might be disorganized. You probably aren’t communicating.
Small changes have big results.
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Look at it from your child’s perspective.
Parents, it’s time to meet your child where they are.
Your child needs help right now to navigate their daily life at school. They need help to plan better and use their time wisely. Your love and guidance provide their foundation. Coaching will provide them with a strategy to live their best life–their entire life.
Here’s one teen’s perspective.
“I finally understand why my mom’s been nagging me, since middle school, to write things down. There’s too much stuff going on! I can’t keep it all in my brain! I’m tired of always playing catch-up. It’s useless to try.”
Nagging your child can become a daily frustration that sucks all the air out of the room and leaves you both sad and angry with one another. Click here to stop worrying about your teen.
Teens in high school feel pressure to get “it” right.
They’re taught to get the right answer instead of being empowered to figure out a solution.
Figuring out the whats and hows is messy for teens and their parents.
“I hate raising my hand in class because I feel clueless about talking to adults.”
“There’s too much homework. I don’t know how or when I’m going to study. Then, my family wants me to do something on the weekend!”
Adults, struggling to figure out how to get “going to school” right, are trying to push their teens to be successful.
You know your teen’s look when they’re listening but not comprehending. There’s a lot at stake for them. At this time, their confidence is falling away under their feet.
Learning how to adapt is a huge advantage for your teen.
Coaching helps your teen improve their organization skills
While working with your teen, I ask them to describe their daily life. Your teen is where they are, not where they’d like to think they are. There’s no judgment, just the facts. Our work is action-oriented.
Young people are creative and resilient, especially if they have a seat at the table as part of the decision-making process. I help my clients learn how to be organized and communicate effectively with adults.
Adolescence passes by quickly. Don’t waste it arguing about what you can’t control.
Imagine envisioning your teen happily on their own at college or in a new job. What you notice most is how they have their plan and quiet confidence as they navigate those inevitable bumps in the road.
It’s natural for my clients to become more engaged in high school, feel confident, and think about their post-graduation plans increasingly based on their own “what and how.”
We co-create a measurable plan that moves with them. Click here to start moving forward.