Lazy Kids

•Does your child procrastinate, forgets homework, resists chores or seems to “check out” during lessons? It is easy and tempting to label them lazy when this happens but decades of psychological research show that “lazy” is usually the wrong diagnosis. What looks like unwillingness is more often a symptom: an immature or overwhelmed executive system, sleep deprivation, low perceived control, task-avoidance driven by fear of failure or neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD or sluggish cognitive tempo. Tune in and learn how to work with lazy kids!