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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Force 9-year old to finish what he started?
A few months ago, I subscribed my 9 year old son to a code learning platform for kids, to try to give him a taste for logic and technology.
During that same period, he asked me for a game console.
I ...
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How to make 11 years old kid do homework
I have an 11 years old daughter who goes to a fairly "laid back" school - in particular they didn't use to have homework regularly. Occasionally she brought back some exercises that she did ...
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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 can I help my high schooler find his motivation again?
My youngest is a junior in high school (in the US) this year and has been struggling with motivation and staying on top of his work.
He graduated from 8th grade during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and ...
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What to do with a disinterested 12-year-old boy?
My 12-year-old grandson does not have any interests other than video games. He can be a good student, but he does not turn in work and always complains about not having friends and nobody liking him. ...
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Should I allow my child to drop an activity just because he’s lost interest?
We encourage our 7 y/o child with adhd to experience different activities that interest him and also help him with social skills. He is impulsive and is eager to participate but loses interest quickly ...
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How can we motivate a young adult without breaking the family?
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One of my children is in her early 20's and deeply stuck. She has
finished high school during the first COVID-19 lockdown, has then had a short stint at living alone and studying (aborted ...
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How can I discourage doing a poor job without being a nitpicking perfectionist?
A (from what I can tell) somewhat common contributing factor to children growing up with a lack of self-confidence, or being people-pleasers, is parents who were very strict, perfectionist, and/or ...
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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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My 9 months baby doesn't like to move, what should I do?
My son is 9 months old. He cannot sit up by himself when lying down, nor can he lie down from sitting. He cannot crawl, and didn't even show any intention to move his body. If he can't reach what ...
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My kid slops through her chores or takes forever to do it. I've tried everything
My 10-year-old daughter has a problem with doing her chores correctly in a timely manner. For instance, she's famous for taking 3 hours to wash the dishes. She wants to go outside and play or get on ...
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How do I motivate my 6 year old son to practise speech therapy at home?
My six-year-old son needs speech therapy.
The diagnosis is firstly a myofunctional disorder with a lack of lip closure, impaired orofacial sensitivity and coordination, non-physiological tongue rest ...
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Formerly nappy-free 3 year old started to poo in the diaper again but still pees in the toilet
My daughter was nappy-free even before she turned 3. She is now 3 years 3 months. We went camping for a few days and she did poo in her undies all the time but never peed in her pants. This continued ...
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How handle a 5 year old who delays going to the toilet and soils his pants?
My 5 year old son goes to kindergarten. When it's toilet time he is the show-off. He was toilet trained but now delays going to the toilet for play or TV watching. He once said monsters are there so ...
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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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