Even adults struggle with completing all the tasks they need to do within a finite amount of time.
Is it any surprise that children with executive functioning difficulties,
who have trouble setting goals, forecasting the future, and being aware of passing time, also have difficulties with time management? The challenges only seem to increase for adolescents, who have more responsibilities, afterschool activities, and desires for peer interaction. The battle between tasks on the “have to do” list and tasks on the “want to do” list can create procrastination and avoidance behavior. Children and adolescents with time-management issues may be chronically late, lose track of time, overestimate what they can accomplish in a period of time, or rush through things to finish on time. The good news is that time management is a learned skill, and therefore can be taught to children and teens.