Two weekly hours of family board games — builds executive function, rule-following, losing gracefully.

Instead of being your child's "external memory," teach him tools that self-organize.

Ask "is this your best?" 3 times — opponent lowers.

Disorganization isn't laziness — it's often an executive-function gap needing temporary external scaffolding, not repeated scolding.

Beyond generic "board game nights" — precisely match game complexity to your child's current capacity for waiting and planning.