Do I need to manage my child's time?

Do I need to manage my child's time?

As a good parent managing your child's time could be answered in this way. Yes, you need to manage your time but, you need to allow your child to maximize the control of his schedule as much as possible. You need to allow him; you need to empower him, to determine the time. You have to monitor that to make sure that he gets adequate sleep, adequate food, adequate activity, physical and mental. But you have to teach him how to manage that time. In many cases the younger the child is the more structure you're going to provide for that youngster. The older your child gets, the more the structure is there but, the youngster will fill in the detail. And you sort of question him about "Is he getting enough rest?” that sort of thing. You're looking at the data that comes in from report cards, for example, talking with his friends, so forth, you determine that the time is being well spent, and then everything is fine. If you find that there is a conflict, you need to talk with your child about that and also with his teacher and perhaps a school nurse also, get other people involved in that.