Questions tagged [motivation]
For all questions pertaining to motivation, like motivating children to do something (e. g. chores, homework, learning) or dealing with a child's lack of motivation.
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How to encourage our 6-month-old baby to play on his own?
My baby is 6 month old (8.4 kg). He has a fancy play gym with plenty of lots of toys. We also have plenty of books to read to him. We make him play with our dog (poor doggy!). He also loves playing ...
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How to help a 20-year old with interest but lack of motivation for school?
(This is actually my problem, but I ask it from the perspective of my parents.)
I'm a 20-year old in second year of undergraduation in Computer Science (I wasted the first year though due to alcohol ...
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What do I do to get my daughter interested in presenting her science experiments at the science competition(fair)?
In my state we get the primary school aged kids (8-12) to enter a State Science competition. (In other states and countries - the equivalent may be a school science fair.)
My daughter (9) has some ...
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How to motivate a 3.5-year-old to use the potty when she knows how to, but is strongly opposed to it?
My god daughter is about 3.5 years old. She has demonstrated she is aware of when she needs to pee/poop and if naked will ask for a pullup to be put on just so she can use it. I believe if she ...
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When to give up learning an instrument with a 6-year-old?
My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled ...
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Should I intentionally lose a game to make my daughter happy?
My daughter is very clever at playing chess. At 5 years of age, she could win against her mother and grandparents, but still couldn't beat me. She kept playing with me and tried to win, but always ...
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My 14-year-old is refusing to attend any schooling, even online
I have a 14-year-old daughter who has suffered from mental health issues since puberty. She has been through 4 middle schools and several residential behavior programs. I got her enrolled in an online ...
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My 17-year-old daughter gets excellent grades but shows little interest in socializing or getting a job
My 17-year-old does outstanding academic work in high school. She ranks #3 or #4 out of 160 students. She sings in school and church choirs and has taken part in game-show type activities at the ...
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How to confront a young adult about his lack of motivation
Someone I know has an adult son (20 years old) with almost no motivation. Earlier this year he dropped out of his university far from home and moved back home into his parents house and enrolled at ...
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How to help a 13-year-old, who has no motivation to learn and shows signs of Asperger's, to succeed at school?
My friend's 13-year-old child is suspected of having Asperger's syndrome. He shows lots of signs of it, but doctors aren't sure. They say he's rebelious or has ADHD. He doesn't take changes well. For ...
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How to encourage our 2.5-year-old to tell us when he needs to go to the potty?
Our son is 2.5 years old. We have been potty training him since his 2nd birthday. It's been a long haul but we're getting there.
When he is outside in his underwear he knows when he needs to go pee ...
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Should we make a 13-year-old without any interests/hobbies do something?
My 13-year-old daughter has absolutely no interests or hobbies and never had. When she was younger we tried to force her to do some sport but she constantly refused and cried whenever it came up. We ...
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How do I inspire creativity for my child?
My 7-year-old son loves Lego and video games. He plays Minecraft on his tablet all the time, building various things, but apparently nearly everything he made was something he replicated from a ...
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How to foster t-ball enthusiasm in a five year old
Background facts:
My son is almost five.
This is his first season playing t-ball.
I am an assistant coach on the team, first time too.
I'm not really athletic, but am a baseball fan.
I know all of ...
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How to motivate my extremely lazy 12-year-old?
My 12-year-old son is a good kid, but he is extremely unmotivated to do literally anything unless I or his mother are constantly riding him the whole time. As a young child, he was "easy" to raise ...
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