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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 469422" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>You might need outside help to get him motivated. Therapist? Career counselor? College recruiter? Someone - not Mom - to help show him the next steps.</p><p></p><p>Gotta say it WILL be tough. Son's been in therapy for almost 2 months now, specifically to help deal with his "procrastination", and even more specifically with his procrastination of his summer school algebra. The therapist is at the bottom of his "bag of tricks" Reality is that he hasn't really said, done analyzed, looked at, explained anything in a way I already hadn't. It was pretty much just an outsider, a man, re-affirming what I said. Hmmmm Don't know if the problem is with the therapist or what? But, my son is still only 15. He's got a few more years before he <em><strong>*HAS*</strong></em> to really start self-motivating, so we'll keep working.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, your son still needs nudging, prodding and cajoling. Yes, he's too old for "rewards", but he is not to old for deadlines. If he won't/can't set his own and stick to them, you're going to have to help him. And, yeah, just like the parents of the more difficult difficult children, you'll need to make ultimatums, and eventually start nudging him out of the nest instead of enabling him within it. It is a hard reality to deal with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 469422, member: 11965"] You might need outside help to get him motivated. Therapist? Career counselor? College recruiter? Someone - not Mom - to help show him the next steps. Gotta say it WILL be tough. Son's been in therapy for almost 2 months now, specifically to help deal with his "procrastination", and even more specifically with his procrastination of his summer school algebra. The therapist is at the bottom of his "bag of tricks" Reality is that he hasn't really said, done analyzed, looked at, explained anything in a way I already hadn't. It was pretty much just an outsider, a man, re-affirming what I said. Hmmmm Don't know if the problem is with the therapist or what? But, my son is still only 15. He's got a few more years before he [I][B]*HAS*[/B][/I] to really start self-motivating, so we'll keep working. Needless to say, your son still needs nudging, prodding and cajoling. Yes, he's too old for "rewards", but he is not to old for deadlines. If he won't/can't set his own and stick to them, you're going to have to help him. And, yeah, just like the parents of the more difficult difficult children, you'll need to make ultimatums, and eventually start nudging him out of the nest instead of enabling him within it. It is a hard reality to deal with. [/QUOTE]
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