The Importance of Raising Motivated Children

Raising motivated children is one of the many hopes and dreams of all parents. (Messy room anyone?) We all want our kids to grow up to be good people and we will do almost anything to help them thrive. Teaching your children life skills is crucial to their success, and finding ways to inspire them will help them find motivation. By using proper encouragement, we are able to push them towards a successful and happy future.

Encourage Their Natural Abilities

Everyone has a set of innate talents that they are born with. These talents can be recognized and supported by parents to help their children achieve something great. If a child is displaying a certain ability or affinity, they can be taught to really hone that skill. When children find a special talent in themselves and receive encouragement, they are motivated to keep working towards success. For example, my oldest daughter loves signing and gymnastics and we make sure to support her efforts around those two specific areas; however, my youngest daughter wants nothing to do with either of those areas but instead enjoys cooking and calligraphy.

Teach Them How to Break Down Goals

For just about anybody, large tasks can be overwhelming. For a child especially, it is hard to process everything at once. This is where teaching important life skills such as breaking down large assignments into smaller tasks, can help them be successful in the long run. A good example is my oldest daughter wanted, not needed, this expensive jacket for school. I helped her figure out how many babysitting jobs she would need to complete before she would have saved enough money to buy it. The best part about setting this type of a goal is I found her to appreciate the jacket a lot more once she bought it with her own money. She even seemed to be equally excited that she accomplished the individual goals of babysitting jobs.

Teach Them Independence

As a parent, we want to do everything for our children. However, they need to learn the importance of independence. Once they realize that they can motivate themselves to accomplish goals on their own, they will be inspired to achieve more.

Understanding these skills is a critical factor in your child’s future. If they are able to be motivated as children, they will grow to become motivated and successful adults. Through everything they

I’d love to hear from you about how you like to teach your kids about motivation!