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Having your kids be a part of youth groups that have them perform to a higher standard are often great motivators. Myson belongs to a masonic youth group as well as a youth church group. You get the picture - peer motivation with adult guidance are great tools to provide for good growth both intellectually and morally.
I'm learning. It's taking the third child to get me there and I still have a ways to go. But at least I'm learning. I also make the point of telling the kids that I don't have it all together and I'm having to learn too.
It all comes down to (at least with younger kids) outsmarting them I have found. I get them to do something without them really knowing it. I don't really bribe them (usually), but like with my daughter (she is 3) I will tell her to through something in the garbage and then I say "on your marks, get set, GO!!!" That works with her, but not my son.
Hmm, this is a very good motivation because it is a trick that gets them going without them knowing what's the real motive is.
It doesn't work long (the "outsmarting" them). It's amazing to me how quickly kids pick up on this kind of behavior. Then you have that whole credibility issue to get over in the future - after you are found out.
Re: How do you motivate your kids?
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