Make it fun. It is the hardest part I have with my son. I take it too serious sometimes.
My first landing was an imposed dead stick with no buddy box. My instructor wanted precise manuvers so a traffic pattern was a traffic pattern, not a pass close to the runway. He knew I was ready and took the go around option out of my hands. Instead of saying" go around" he reached over and killed the engine and walked off. It was not the best landing but the first. It was the right thing to do with me; it is not the best for anyone; you have to understand the student. A lot of instructors are pretty sloppy in making the students be precise. If the guy is not just flopping around the sky it would be ok.