“My teenage son struggles to self-motivate for anything that doesn’t personally interest him. This shows up in homework, chores, exercise… almost everywhere in his life. Consequences haven’t worked, nor have rewards. I am just not sure what to do.'
for anything that doesn’t interest him – in almost every area of his life. So I need to ask: What does motivate him? What is he interested in? Is he a music lover? Sports fanatic? A master chef in the kitchen? A trick I suggest to my students when they’re faced with a dreaded task is to pair something they love with something they don’t.
There is a reason I do laundry Monday nights while I watch “The Bachelor!” I hate folding laundry and find it much easier while indulging in my favorite reality television program. Pairing something you love with something you don’t just makes that pill so much easier to swallow! What can he pair with the tasks he dislikes with the ones he enjoys doing?
Though I don’t know your son personally, I am wondering if there are other factors at play that are interfering with him getting into gear.and fears doing poorly which is keeping him from mobilizing.Or maybe he thinks he is lazy and is using that negative self-taunt to stop himself from getting started?
All of these feelings are very common among children with attention deficit disorder . And when you find the cause of him not being motivated, you’ll be able to put the right systems and strategies in place.
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