The Procrastinating Child: A Handbook for Adults to Help Children Stop Putting Things Off - Softcover

Emmett, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802776361 ISBN 13: 9780802776365

Verlag: Walker Books, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Parents, grandparents, teachers, supervisors, even baby-sitters, can be driven to distraction by a child's repeated procrastination. However, their distress is nothing compared to the toll procrastination takes on the child―eroding self-confidence, undermining self-esteem and relationships, increasing anxiety, and paving the way for similar behavior as an adult that can be even more costly.

Helping a child stop procrastinating is one of the best gifts an adult can share, and Rita Emmett's informative and engaging new book is the place to start. Based on her own procrastination and parenting seminars and on interviews with hundreds of people about what works and what doesn't, Emmett offers proven techniques to defuse the frictions caused by youthful procrastination. Her central point is that, far from being a character flaw, procrastination―in children as in adults―is usually a habit that can be changed.

Whether avoiding chores or homework or neglecting goals―or in dozens of other situations―children of all ages procrastinate for many reasons:

- feeling overwhelmed or confused and not knowing where to begin
- lack of motivation
- a subversive desire to assert control by not doing what's asked
- a dislike of the task
- subconscious fears or anxieties about failure
- poor time management skills

In each case, Emmett provides strategies for breaking through a child's defense mechanisms or reluctance to talk, and for establishing rules and guidelines that encourage young children and teenagers alike to face obligations in a timely way. Lighthearted and rewarding, The Procrastinating Child is an invaluable resource.

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Rita Emmett is a professional speaker who leads workshops on clutter and procrastination. Author of The Procrastinator's Handbook (more than 150,000 copies sold) and The Procrastinating Child, Emmett has dispensed advice on NBC's "Today Show" and in Time, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Family Circle, and Parents. She also publishes a monthly online "anticrastination."

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Emmett follows up The Procrastinator's Handbook with a look at the price children pay for procrastinating, the reasons they do so, and how parents can help them stop. Each chapter is devoted to a particular cause: habit, poor time management skills, feelings of being overwhelmed, hating a task, lacking time to perform perfectly, fears and anxiety, and being swamped with other activities. Emmett uses vignettes to illustrate how children waste time and how parents can teach them to be more productive by setting firm rules, using rewards, and making lists. The book is aimed at helping parents determine when a child is procrastinating and when they're just being children, and how to achieve balance between being too controlling and being permissive. Emmett offers basic suggestions--no television until homework is done--as well as solutions spelled out in acronyms to help parents and children remember them. Emmett's lighthearted style makes this an easy-to-read, helpful resource for parents. Vanessa Bush
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Parents frustrated by their child's tendency to delay starting a book report or cleaning her room will find this guide by Emmet (The Procrastinator's Handbook) to be a valuable resource. Emmet points out that schools rarely teach time management; this handbook fills in the gap, helping parents understand why their children procrastinate and how they can help kids organize their schedules and assignments. While parents may find procrastinators to be frustrating, Emmet notes that kids who delay aren't doing it just to irk mom and dad; rather, the child may feel overwhelmed, distracted and helpless. Perfectionism and procrastination, she claims, often go hand in hand, so parents need to communicate that it's okay to make mistakes. Helping children break tasks into small steps will also waylay the daunting fear that often accompanies procrastination. Emmet's approach is practical (helpful summaries at the conclusion of each chapter keep readers on task) and her argument that procrastination is a bad habit that can be corrected will be reassuring news for young procrastinators and their parents. (Sept.)
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Walker Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802776361
• ISBN 13: 9780802776365
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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