We all want our children to achieve great things in life, but it can be difficult to find the ways to get them motivated to create and pursue their dreams.
Research shows we should strive to raise our children in a way that boosts their intrinsic motivation rather than motivating them through praise and rewards (known as extrinsic motivation).
Big Life Journal combed through the latest research on the topic of motivation and found seven effective ways to help you motivate your children.
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Useful resource – TED Talks video: Is British culture is stopping our children from reaching their dreams? – https://lnkd.in/dEumav4
Is dreaming big really that important? What role does parenting have in children’s dreams?
In the TED Talks video, Mark suggests that positive parenting and getting the basic foundations right makes the biggest difference to a child’s future chances of success.
But parents need help – and parent education should be much more widely available and maybe even compulsory.
