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 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 to help my son improve without being discouraging?
I am building and painting miniatures, and have been doing so for many years. My son is showing more and more interest in building and painting them with me, which is great. I let him build a ...
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How can I motivate my 16 yo daughter to do something valuable with her life?
I have a 16 year old daughter who, whenever she has free time wastes it on things that I think are futile like Facebook, Tumblr, etc.
She's also performing poorly at school. I've talked to her about ...
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How can I motivate my child who doesn't care about rewards?
My son is 8 and has always been argumentative and basically lazy with doing ANYTHING since he could talk.
If he has homework that takes ten minutes, he will take two hours due to just leaving the ...
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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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How to inspire a 7 year old to accelerate reading efforts?
I have a seven year old son who is having a hard time "getting inspired" to read regularly. This is somewhat of a struggle for me as his older brother was reading Harry Potter at around his age and ...
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How to escape vicious circle of dawdling - no outdoor activities - conflicts ...?
I'm very frustrated at this moment.
I have 2 sweet sons (7 and 2 years old), and especially now during the winter holidays (we're all at home together, no school/kindergarden) we could do a lot of ...
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How do I motivate my 8-year-old to practice the piano regularly?
I end up offering TV time as a reward but he complains so much while practicing, tracks time by calling out every 2 minutes, and practices without respecting the piano or the music (bangs it out). He ...
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How can I encourage my 5-year-old to learn to swim?
My son is five years old and simply does not want to learn to swim. We've had him in swimming lessons, but he won't go in the water and if put in the water will not make any effort to swim. He is ...
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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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How do I motivate my ten-year old to take responsibility and to do his best?
I worry that my ten-year old son is developing (has developed) a mindset that will come back to bite him as he gets older. He is a very bright and active kid, but does not like to extend himself and ...
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How do I convince my eleven-year-old to practice her dancing?
My eleven-year-old daughter who has been in dance classes since she was four. She loves ballet, and she loves to perform. However, she does not care for the stretching and practicing that are part ...
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How to motivate yourself to read stories to a kid whom you know cannot understand and respond accordingly?
From: How to read an English story book to the kid when we don't talk in English at home?
If you start immediately, it won't matter what language you're speaking; either way it will be babble :)...
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How do I get my 5 year old to be more appreciative and thankful for what she has?
Lately, my 5 year old daughter keeps focusing on things she doesn't have (some game that her friend has or some doll that she saw on a commercial that she "needs") and although she has plenty of dolls ...
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I can't motivate my 13 year old twins to get school work turned in
We have tried grounding them, taking all their privledges away, we have tried reward systems and nothing works. They have started lying about getting the work done and turned in when they know we ...
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