A Psychologist Explains How to Motivate Your Kids When They're Stuck at Home

How can you get your kids motivated to not only do some schoolwork and chores, but just simply brush their teeth before noon? A helpful post on The Conversation from Clark University psychologist Wendy Grolnick, who has studied how families cope with severe disruption after disasters, offers a five-step plan:

Involve your children in setting the schedule. No one, adult or child, likes to feel they have no control over their time. So discuss the schedule with your kids and make sure you incorporate at least some of their suggestions. "When children participate in creating guidelines and schedules, they are more likely to believe the guidelines are important, accept them and follow them," Grolnick notes.

Be empathetic. This is hard on kids. Really listening to their feelings isn't just the loving thing to do, it will also make things run more smoothly at home. "Children will be more open to hearing about what they need to do if they feel that their own perspectives are understood," Grolinick says. She advises parents to acknowledge how difficult and lonely this period is for their kids.

source: INC.

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