Lack of real challenge, easy homework used to paradoxically take a lot longer as DD just couldn't bring herself to do it. This also contributes to fatigue. If the work at school isn't stimulating enough DD's brain fails to switch on and she comes home dragging her feet and complaining of being tired. She is then more likely to daydream etc rather than tackle homework
Perfectionism was our other really intractible problem-- and it was deeply embedded in the lack of challenge, which had
fostered that perfectionism in the first place.
A couple of times, when we have had a good teacher, we negotiated for DD not to do sections of homework that lacked value for her. That concession allowed her to feel supported and she was more amenable to doing the work that had purpose.
This is the best solution that we ever found.
I was really concerned about DDs time management but it actually improved as the work got harder and she was accelerated.
YES-- but there was a limit to how much acceleration we were willing to do, and eventually you run into executive demands that are (globally) out of reach, without actually reaching academically appropriate work.
