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Helping Without Taking Over · Lesson 3 of 4

Tracking without nagging

Put every deadline on one shared sheet — course, date, what is needed, submitted yes or no — and agree a single weekly check-in to look at it together. One conversation a week, at a known time, rather than eleven unscheduled ones.

The sheet does the reminding, which means you are not the reminder. That distinction matters more than it sounds: it moves you from adversary back to ally, and it means the deadline pressure comes from the calendar rather than from you.

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