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<blockquote data-quote="BestICan" data-source="post: 117741" data-attributes="member: 3413"><p>My difficult child is similar. Very bright but rushes through his work and makes a ridiculous amount of careless mistakes just to be done with it. And he's the top reader in his class but he HATES to write. I'm not above conditioning him like a lab rat when it comes to homework. Here are some of the things I've done:</p><p></p><p>1. Cut a stick of gum into pieces. He gets another piece of gum with every sentence that he writes.</p><p>2. I have sat and doled out two pieces at a time from a bag of snacks for every sentence he writes.</p><p>3. I offer to help (which he doesn't need - it's more like me keeping him company) and the second he starts fussing or screwing around I get up and start working in the kitchen. </p><p></p><p>As for motivation when he's at school, that's tougher because I'm sure his teachers aren't willing to do that much. Since your difficult child seems capable of doing the work, I wonder if a reward (a Lego set or something) at the end of a couple weeks of trying harder at school would help him find motivation?</p><p></p><p>I don't really have consequences for poor schoolwork/homework because that's what grades are for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BestICan, post: 117741, member: 3413"] My difficult child is similar. Very bright but rushes through his work and makes a ridiculous amount of careless mistakes just to be done with it. And he's the top reader in his class but he HATES to write. I'm not above conditioning him like a lab rat when it comes to homework. Here are some of the things I've done: 1. Cut a stick of gum into pieces. He gets another piece of gum with every sentence that he writes. 2. I have sat and doled out two pieces at a time from a bag of snacks for every sentence he writes. 3. I offer to help (which he doesn't need - it's more like me keeping him company) and the second he starts fussing or screwing around I get up and start working in the kitchen. As for motivation when he's at school, that's tougher because I'm sure his teachers aren't willing to do that much. Since your difficult child seems capable of doing the work, I wonder if a reward (a Lego set or something) at the end of a couple weeks of trying harder at school would help him find motivation? I don't really have consequences for poor schoolwork/homework because that's what grades are for. [/QUOTE]
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