Parenting Tips: Want your child to do his/her work? Motivate him/her in these ways..
- byShikha Srivastava
- 17 Apr, 2025
Every parent wants their children to be full of confidence and take responsibility for doing their work. Some children are self-motivated. They do not need to be told their work. They remain active throughout the day. But some children depend on others for all their work. Be it a child or an adult, excessive dependence on others physically or mentally can make even a healthy person disabled. In such a situation, children must be motivated to do their work. In such a situation, you need to create an environment for this because children start developing confidence from an early age when they feel safe and loved. Today we are going to tell you how to motivate your children to do their work. Let's know about them...

Set goals
Set some goals related to their work for your child every day. This keeps the child's mind enthusiastic about work. Instead of giving too much work, give small tasks to the children. Such as watering the plants, keeping your shoes in place keeping your school clothes in the proper place, etc. After completing these goals, you can give children some special things to eat as a reward. This keeps them engaged and the next time they work with full happiness. You can help children to do their work so that they can do all their work after coming back from school.
Let them do their work.
The first thing to make children self-reliant is to make them get into the habit of doing their work. While doing this, you must keep an eye on their every work. You can include school homework, keeping your shoes and slippers in the right place at home, eating food yourself, etc. In these works, you can increase self-reliance in them and also bring discipline. Many times parents themselves make school activities for the child. In such a situation, your child's work is reduced but your child is not able to learn from it. You can explain to your child or help him but do not do his work. By doing this, your child will become lazy.
Make a plan with the children.
Make a plan to clean the house with your child. Get the child to clean his cupboard, by doing this the cupboard of the children will also be cleaned. Also, tell the children where they have to keep which of their clothes. In this way, whenever your children go to take out their clothes, they will know which of their clothes is kept where.
Give responsibility
Give small responsibilities to your child. Like cleaning his toys or decorating his books on the shelf. When he is given a responsible task, he is very happy, and new energy flows in him. In this way, he will learn various tasks and can develop his self-esteem. He will do all the work given by you because he sees you as a role model.
Make the tasks competitive.
Make the child competitive about his work. Like if you have two children, then compete with them as to who does his work first or who finishes his homework first. This kind of healthy competition brings dedication and positivity in children towards their work. Apart from work, you can also encourage children to run or take spelling tests. However, always motivate a slow-working child to do well. This keeps the child's desire to do well.
Let them make their own decisions.
Teach children to make decisions for themselves from an early age. These decisions may include answers to questions like what to eat, what to read, which toys to play with, etc. Do not forget to praise them for their good decisions. Doing this will create a sense of self-reliance within your child.

Take an interest in the child's work.
Many times the child does not feel like doing any work because the parents do not take an interest in their work. They consider making the child work as a burden or getting them to do homework as a necessity. Due to these reasons, the child also does not feel like working. He also leaves the work just for the sake of doing it or considering it a burden, hence always taking interest in the work of the child and inspiring him that every work should be done with honesty and hard work.
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