How to Deal with a Lazy Child. Two Parts: Understanding what's behind the laziness Dealing with the laziness. Laziness in children is one part in the eye of beholder, one part modeled on permission to be this way and one part being their own selves.Untangling what drives lazy behavior in children and encouraging action requires both understanding and a willingness to impose consequences for continued inaction.ome of these include: 1  Being tasked with a chore that really grosses out the child. 2  A failure to comprehend the extent of what is expected. 3  The chore or action is boring. 4  It's too hard! 5  The child is depressed or ill.