The Myth of Laziness: America’s Top Learning Expert Shows How Kids–and Parents–Can Become more Productive Audiobook (Free)

“When we contact someone lazy, we condemn a individual,” writes Mel Levine, M.D. In The Misconception of Laziness, the bestselling author of A Mind at a Time shows that children dismissed as unproductive or “sluggish” usually suffer from what he phone calls “output failing”-a neurodevelopmental dysfunction that can continue to cause issues into adulthood if remaining unchecked.

The desire to be productive is universal, says Dr. Levine, but that get can often be frustrated by dysfunctions that obstruct result or about The Myth of Laziness: America’s Best Learning Expert Shows How Kids–and Parents–Can Are more Productive productivity. Drawing on his clinical encounter and using real-life examples of both children and adults he has worked with, Dr. Levine displays how to identify and remedy these dysfunctions. A child suffering from vocabulary production dysfunction, for instance, may be incapable of clearly expressing or detailing his thoughts, thereby leading to low productivity in school. A child who has difficulty making options may wait until it is too late to full a project or may take action impulsively, creating a design of poor judgments. Similarly, a kid with storage weaknesses could be unable to pull on his gathered knowledge for an task. In each of these situations, as Dr. Levine shows, writing skills tend to be the main element to diagnosing particular causes of output failure.

Practical, wise, and compassionate, The Myth of Laziness offers parents and teachers day-to-day strategies and support to prevent output failure and, when required, to help children overcome dysfunction and become productive, successful adults.