Organization Skills for Teens
If your teen is disorganized they miss out on more than when homework is due.
In a perfect world, they get enough sleep, eat breakfast, and get to school on time with a neatly packed backpack. Oh, yeah, and they remember to charge their phone.
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They’re great kids, and yet high school is a blur. They get enough sleep once in a while, deal with too much work, too many tests and assignments, and dream of hanging out with friends, and napping.
You’re a parent and you get it. You may be grappling with this yourself.
Being disorganized takes a bite out of your child’s confidence. And, the intensity of expectations during high school increases throughout their four years. You encourage them. You give them advice. Even if they listen to you, the advice goes right out the other ear. Maybe not….click here and invite them into the conversation
In the video clip, Donovan shares how he realized that writing things down became crucial because there was too much to remember. Guess where he learned that?
When teens spend their days and nights reacting everyone becomes exhausted and on edge about everything..
Give you and your teen a break from being on edge and click here to book an intro organizational skills session with me.
You’ll feel relieved to be able to take a breath and see your teen relax. It’s the first step to replacing reacting with acting. They’ll find their way into being organized.
It’s a win-win.
Being organized is not their strong point.
If this is a daily reality for your child in high school it’s time to ask more questions. They’re not broken! This is an opportunity to help them strengthen skills they’ll use to succeed now, in college, and in the work world.
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Your child wakes up about half an hour before they’re due in their homeroom. They have the time to make it, except they can’t remember where they put their homework.
In addition, their phone is out of charge, and there’s nothing quick to eat for breakfast except the tantalizing aroma of the coffee you had before you left for work.
So, they are late for class without their homework or anything in their stomach.
How to build organizational skills.
I help teens recognize the benefit of becoming aware of what’s happening in their daily lives, prioritizing how they spend their time, and building organizational skills.
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You heard Donovan realize (earlier in this page) there was too much information to keep in his head. He identified the benefit for him.
Knowing there’s too much going on feels uncomfortable, and the daily results are painful.
The next step is finding a way to organize yourself. One way is to notice how others organize themselves. This may provide the right method, or you may have questions about why it doesn’t. In both cases this benefits you.
Listen to 4 Steps to Using a Planner to Manage Schoolwork.