Happy and Productive Children and Teens

Help Your Child or Teenager Move Toward Happy Productivity
by Dona Matthews, Ph.D.
Confidence and happy productivity are built on competence, on grappling with the challenges that lead to expertise. If your child or teenager can’t seem to connect with any enthusiasms or interests, and doesn’t engage in challenging learning opportunities at school or elsewhere, you may want to consider helping them with a productivity make-over.

The first step toward happy productivity may surprise you. In order to encourage your child or teenager to become more actively engaged in meaningful efforts in one area or another, try encouraging him to step back and slow down. Even better, do the same in your own life. This step-back-slow-down approach can be particularly valuable if your lives have been over-scheduled, rushing from one activity to another.

Here are seven questions to ask yourself in order to initiate a productivity make-over. Your answers can help create a healthy balance in which you and the other members of your family can thrive, and move toward engagement in activities that lead to happy productivity.

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Helping High School Students Become Productive Students
by Ashley Miller, Demand Media

The better prepared and organized high school students are, the more productive and successful they’ll be in their academic careers. But that doesn’t necessarily mean putting in more hours of study or spending weekends poring over the books — it means working smarter. To help high school students become productive students, you’ll need to help them develop proper habits and keep them motivated with a positive, encouraging attitude.

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