Ideas For Parents Struggling with Kiddos Not Getting Schoolwork Done

This came into my inbox today via my homeschool loop. I thought it was great. Not for the faint-hearted, though! Sometimes love is tough!

CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT DOING WORK

QUESTION: I need consequences for a child who just will not do his
work.
Please help me! I just don't know what to anymore.

RESPONSE: One of the best things that works here is to let the child
think they've gotten away with something. Ignore it. Put the books
away and let it go. Don't say a word.
Then, the next time the child asks for something or expects to go
somewhere, calmly and offhandedly say, "When the homework is done,
we'll talk about it," or "No, you can't, because you didn't do your
homework." Nice and casual, just as casually as you put the books
away before.
It took a few losses here, but now my kids usually do their work
because they never know what they'll lose or when I'll drop the bomb.
They know it's coming--they just don't know when or what. It's the
uncertainty that makes my kids nervous--and relatively obedient, most
days.

RESPONSE: When my husband gets home from work, he will ask our
children, "How have you made your mom's life easier today? Workers
eat, slackers don't." Then they will either list the jobs they've
done that day or run away and doing something so they can come back
and report ... and get dinner.

RESPONSE: Those who don't do their schoolwork get a peanut butter
sandwich (or liverwurst with my youngest), a glass of water and go to
bed right after supper. They eat at the table and watch everyone else
eat a much better dinner.
If it continues on for several days, I do a manual labor school. ("It
is my job to prepare you for adult hood.If you are choosing not to be
educated I have to prepare you for the careers for those who don't
have a high school diploma.")
It might be scrubbing walls, cleaning out kitchen cupboards, or
simply moving rocks from one part of the yard to another. On manual
labor school days you get breakfast and do not eat again until your
work is finished. If it is not finished by bedtime you get the peanut
butter sandwich and go to bed.
I have also set my kids in a room stripped of all their personal
belonging except their school and their Bible so they don't have
distractions. If school isn't done then there are no privileges until
it is.
The trick is to not get upset yourself. I tell my son that if he
chooses not to do his work, he is choosing to eat peanut butter or
manual labor school.