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Here’s a short quiz for parents:
• Do you find yourself doing things yourself because it’s easier than trying to get your children to do them?
• Do you have to nag your children to get them to do their chores or homework?
• Do they have the potential to get better grades?
• Are your children struggling to balance school with sports and other activities?
• Do you find less and less time for family time?
• Is your time together less enjoyable than you’d like?
• Are you fearful your children are not reaching their full potential for success and happiness?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, there’s help on the way. According to psychologist Donna M. Genett, helping your child to learn to get things done right, on time, and on their own will go a long way toward alleviating these concerns.

Genett says, “There’s a synergistic cycle at play here. When you increase your child’s ability to get things done right, on time, and on his or her own, the child becomes happier and achieves more. This in turn increases his or her sense of self-esteem which leads to the child accepting more responsibility and accomplishing still more. Children caught in this beneficial cycle are more likely to reach their full potential now and as adults.”

As if this weren’t enough, according to Genett, the side benefits are huge. Since less parental nagging is required—the kids get their homework and chores done on their own—there’s less conflict and an overall better family relationship results. Because there isn’t as much procrastination, foot-dragging, and time-consuming conflict, parents and kids also find they have more free time to do what they like. Everybody wins.

Sounds simple right? But how do you and your kids get started on this cycle? That’s the help that’s on the way. Genett’s second book, Help Your Kids Get It Done Right at Home and School! Building Responsibility and Self-Esteem in Children has just been released. Her first book, If You Want It Done Right, You Don’t Have to Do It Yourself! The Power of Effective Delegation, has been translated into 13 languages. In that book, Genett uses a parable about “identical twin cousins” James and Jones to present her six-steps of effective delegation.

In Done Right at Home and School! James, who learned the delegation skills from his cousin Jones, now notices that Jones’s kids achieve more, have more free time, and are happier than his. James and his wife set out to learn why and discover the six steps for building responsibility and self-esteem in children.

Help Your Kids Get It Done Right at Home and School! Building Responsibility and Self-Esteem in Children (Quill Driver Books, $19.95) is  available at brick and mortar bookstores and online bookstores or by calling the publisher at 1-800-497-4909.