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| getting them to eat their vegetables. It may seem | | | | help your kids find the right place to study. After |
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| the best ways to establish good study habits for | | | | your children lying down on their beds to study, as |
| your kids is to set up a routine that they follow. | | | | this is a place that is generally associated with sleep. |
| Make a study time and have it at the same time | | | | If you don't have a desk in your child's room, it might |
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| with a five minute break in the middle. Hold them to | | | | their homework on occasion and being there for |
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| times are after dinner or right after school before | | | | your give your children during study periods will help |
| dinner. Get your kids to turn off the television more | | | | form a bond and help make studying enjoyable. This |
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| they come home from school, plunking themselves | | | | your own, of course. Use the time to read up on a |
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| curb this bad habit by offering some sort of reward | | | | for a while, or even just to read a book. Keep the |
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