10 Ways to Stop Daily Homework Battles

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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10 Ways to Stop Daily Homework Battles Instead of bribing or threatening, let's use your child's brain's natural powers to stop the homework battles. Kirk gives you creative, practical strategies to get homework done without the nightly stress. The most important part? You kids learn how their brains work best. Share this with other parents so we can stop homework from tearing families apart. Learn more at CelebrateCalm.com. We have extended our Summer Sale for the month of August. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/products/ to purchase the Get Everything Package at the lowest prices of the year. BETTER HELP The Calm Parenting Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Take a moment. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/CALMPOD today to get 10% off your first month. AG1 Visit https://drinkAG1.com/calm for a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. SIMPLISAFE Protect your home this summer with 20% off any new SimpliSafe system when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. Just visit https://simplisafe.com/calm. AIR DOCTOR AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee so if you don’t love it, just send it back for a refund, minus shipping! Head to https://airdoctorpro.com/ and use promo code CALM and you’ll receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! AQUATRU Today my listeners receive 20% OFF any AquaTru purifier! Just go to https://AquaTru.com and enter code “CALM “ at checkout. PHYLA Tackle acne’s root causes for clearer, healthier skin for your child. Get 25% off your first order of Phyla with the code CALM. Go to https://phyla.com and type in the code CALM. K12 Join the more than 2 million families who have been served by K12, and empower your student to reach their full potential now. Go to https://www.k12.com/CALM today to learn more and find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you. HAPPY MAMMOTH For a limited time, you can get 15% off on your entire first order at https://store.happymammoth.com/ with the code CALM at checkout. That’s happymammoth.com with the code CALM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So do you have a strong-willed or neurodivergent child who should be able to buzz through his or her homework in like 45 minutes,
0:08.0	but would seemingly rather fight you tooth and nail for twice that long to not do it. Does homework time ever end in tears for
0:15.8	you or your child? Because look saying in a frustrated voice, you know what if you would just
0:20.1	focus you'd be done in 45 minutes instead of it taking three hours.
0:24.1	It's not motivating to your child, and you've tried bribery and threats and
0:28.2	pleading and consequences and nothing seems to work.
0:31.9	Well, let's try using their brain's natural powers
0:35.9	to make this a little less stressful.
0:39.1	On a previous podcast, we talked about
0:41.2	how to internally motivate your child, so listen to that. We talked about how to internally motivate your child so listen to that we talked about respectfully saying no to homework sometimes and that's an option
0:49.2	But the true importance of this podcast episode is that it's not just about jump-starting
0:55.7	your child's brain to complete school assignments. The more important part is understanding
1:02.0	how your child's brain works best and teaching that to your child
1:08.0	because this is the brain they will have the rest of their lives through their schooling through college and into their work life.
1:15.8	So I'd actually let your kids listen to this podcast and ask them to use these ideas themselves and it'll probably spur some even better ideas.
1:25.6	So that is what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast.
1:29.8	Welcome, this is Kirkmart, founder of Celebrate Calm.
1:32.3	You can find us at Celebratecom.
1:34.5	So let's jump into this right away and try to make your evenings less stressful and
1:39.3	more enjoyable. Ten ideas. Number one, prime your kids brains after school by giving your kids something they are in control of.
1:49.0	Because all day at school, everything's out of their control and it's chaotic and your kids are very
1:55.8	sensitive and there's people rushing around kids in the hallways and lots of
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