How to develop self motivation in children?

[kiasuparent1998]

Praise him when he/she does well,as it really encourages the child.

[smartmummy]

kiasuparent1998:

Praise him when he/she does well,as it really encourages the child.

Sometimes over praise make them over confident.

[flyfree]

Dear Parents,


Pls share your experience about motivation your child.

thanks

[Karenjj]

smartmummy:

kiasuparent1998:

Praise him when he/she does well,as it really encourages the child.

Sometimes over praise make them over confident.

totally agree with you :slapshead:

[MadScientist]

My 2 cents here are:


First and foremost, motivate your ownself.
Are you motivated or do you drag yourself to work, and through life, etc.?
IF you do that... then your children's hero (ie. you) is showing them \"the way\" to doing things.

IF we want our children to have dreams and be motivated to achieve those dreams... we too must live that same kind of life... we too must have our dreams, be motivated to achieve those dreams, and better yet, live the childhood dreams you have.

My DD1 asked me one day... \"Daddy, when you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?\"
My answer to her was: \" I wanted to be a policeman and a scientist. I was a policeman, and I am now a scientist. I have done both.\"

I still do not know the full effects of this conversation, but I hope that it will put a golden standard that an individual can do anything they want, be anyone they want to be... if they have the dream, and work to achieve by living the dream.

Back to self-motivation...
It makes no sense to get your child motivated, when his/her parents aren't motivated. Start with ourselves, as we, parents, are the heros to our little ones.

As the saying goes, in order to love others, we have to love ourselves first. in order to inspire others into motivation, we have to inspire ourselves first.

Cheers! :celebrate:

[phtthp]

curious … why do you call yourself MadScientist ?

what’ve you got yourself mad over ?

[MadScientist]

phtthp:

curious ... why do you call yourself MadScientist ?

what've you got yourself mad over ?

OT a bit... my first forum was a MadFarm... and I didn't like to be an animal, so MadScientist fitted.
As time went by, the moniker stuck as I do do stuff that live up to it.

Cheers!

[smartmummy]

MadScientist:

My 2 cents here are:


First and foremost, motivate your ownself.
Are you motivated or do you drag yourself to work, and through life, etc.?
IF you do that... then your children's hero (ie. you) is showing them \"the way\" to doing things.

IF we want our children to have dreams and be motivated to achieve those dreams... we too must live that same kind of life... we too must have our dreams, be motivated to achieve those dreams, and better yet, live the childhood dreams you have.

My DD1 asked me one day... \"Daddy, when you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?\"
My answer to her was: \" I wanted to be a policeman and a scientist. I was a policeman, and I am now a scientist. I have done both.\"

I still do not know the full effects of this conversation, but I hope that it will put a golden standard that an individual can do anything they want, be anyone they want to be... if they have the dream, and work to achieve by living the dream.

Back to self-motivation...
It makes no sense to get your child motivated, when his/her parents aren't motivated. Start with ourselves, as we, parents, are the heros to our little ones.

As the saying goes, in order to love others, we have to love ourselves first. in order to inspire others into motivation, we have to inspire ourselves first.

Cheers! :celebrate:

well said! :salute: :salute:

[phtthp]

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[Fun_mama]

There are a lot of online posts for this. Some people put gummy bears on the children's textbooks to make them read it, and let them eat the gummy bear after they are done. Just saying