
A new academic year, a fresh start and a new opportunity for achievements.
As much as you may be motivated for your child to soar and rise high this year, maximise their potential and dedicate themselves to their studies, your child may not be so motivated.
In the moments trying to motivate your children, you may be asking yourselves how to even do this?
Here are 5 top tips for motivating your children:
1) Lead by example
The same as eating healthy, committing to a task or exercising, you can preach but without your child seeing you do what you preach, they will disregard your advice and call you out for hypocrisy. It's a harsh truth however think how you would react if your boss was, for example, telling you to treat your peers well if they're doing the opposite. Children see you as their biggest inspiration, and if they see you motivated, they will follow.
2) Find them a role model
Sometimes a parent or guardian is not enough. Have you ever heard of the phrase "it takes a village to raise a child", well in some regard that is true. Finding someone ambitious and successful that your child can look up to can be a game changer. Whether it is an older sibling, family friend, teacher/tutor or mentor, as long as it is someone they can build a bond with and communicate with; that person's personality will make a lasting impression on the child. Find someone they like and admire, and allow them to be taken under their wing.
3) Teach them payoff
Education and hard work is all about the gain you get from it. Whether that is financial, knowledgable or satisfaction, you always gain and not lose. Teach them that with hard work comes reward, that will be an incentive and motivator in one. Ask them to complete a chore a day for their bedtime to be an hour later on the Friday, or let them plan what you do on the Saturday.
4) Praise them
Praise always has a more satisfactory effect than scolding. Remember, if you're trying to motivate your child and you scold them if they fail, that will demotivate them and put them off even trying. But saying words of encouragement even when they just show up, that will be something they will seek to hear again. Showing your child how proud you are of them, is one of the biggest motivators there is.
5) Do not limit them
A lot of parents are scared of their children feeling disappointment when they don't achieve their goal so they encourage the child to have more 'reasonable' goals. This approach is harming; you should always encourage to reach as high as possible and if failure strikes, you ought to teach your child how to pick themselves up and learn from that. If you don't believe your child has limitless goals, they won't believe it either.
With love,
Ronnie
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