Originally Posted by incogneato
That is what they see. They accomodate accordingly. Without intervention, the child is at risk for developing a variety of non-productive habits that have an obvious effect on their future potential success.

Well, it depends. Every place I have worked, I can do my assigned tasks and stay on schedule one hour a day compared to my peers. That gives me the rest of the day to do what I want, priorities permitting.

The key is to teach them to use that downtime productively.