Then give her more time to poetify or whatever it is she wants to do.
I'd love to. She's not overscheduled. The point of getting her to manage her HW better is so she can poetify or whatever!
DD is motivated to do her HW but is not motivated to manage time well. If left to her own devices, she will fiddle around, putz about, then suddenly realize crap needs to get done as bedtime approaches (we are firm on bedtime), freak out, cry, beg for bedtime extension, perfectionism kicks in worse, hysterical scene, etc. BTDT. I wish I could say that her grades do not matter and she could have the learning experience of turning in some 0s, but her grade actually do matter because we are zoned for problem schools and she must apply to competitive magnet middle schools, who rely heavily on grades for admission. Yeah, it's kind of a mess.
There is no or very little class time given for HW. No one gets it done in class. HW is a huge grievance for parents. It actually was better last year (4th) than in 3rd, so possibly some of the complaints were heard. 3rd was horrific.
