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2 ways to motivate your children
By Wendy Simons
When a child is lacking in motivation, it helps to be able to get into his world and discover the purpose of his behavior. Perhaps your child is trying to tell you that he thinks he is in a "power struggle" and doesn't want to be "made to do something".
Maybe his lack of motivation stems from being hurt by your high expectations and the perception of love is conditional and wants to hurt you back by not trying.
Below are 2 tips to help you motivation your children:
1. Take a look at your own behavior. Are you not giving your child enough quality time, which may invite him to seek attention, even if it negative attention? Are you controlling? Do you have unrealistically high expectations of your child? If so then stop these behaviors and choose alternative ways to create a more respectful relationship. You will be surprised as to how your child's motivation will increase.
2. Sometimes you should allow the consequences to be the teacher. Consequences are what happens as a result of a child's choices, and not something that you imposed. By allowing certain situations that your child chose to result in a negative outcome, this will teach them that they should be self motivated.
Author Details:
Wendy Simons, writes for a number of sites about health, beauty and cosmetic surgery, she also makes contributions to the A-Z of.com.
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