In the book Cosmic, Liam Digby refers to his father’s copy of “How to Talk to Your Teen” in order to act like a grown up. I have added an extra chapter to his book!

Here is my advice that should be in talk to your teen:

You don’t need to check on your teen while they are doing homework: they may not be, but they will still get it done, they don’t want to go to school without it. Sometimes it is better to let them find their own way of working. If it’s doing their homework all night, and playing games, or texting all day, then let them do it.

Make a reward system: good grades=new phone, etc. remind them that good behavior is rewarded, and bad is not. Give them opportunities to fix mistakes, assign a punishment then tell them how they withdraw it.