Motivating a teenager is the use of incentives to induce him to act in a certain direction. Most often, adolescents are motivated for good study, development, initiative, etc. What are the best incentives to motivate a teenager?
Instructions
Step 1
Use adolescent adulthood as a stimulus. This experience has a tremendous impact on personality development. The teenager feels like an adult and strives to be recognized as such. But which way the child will go - depends only on you. Direct it in the right direction: let the teenager learn the attitudes, norms and values of society, learn to use them in life. Explain that it is not alcohol and cigarettes that will make it an adult, but independence, responsibility, the ability to take on obligations and be responsible for their words and actions. This incentive is most convenient to use based on the example of a respected person for a teenager.
Step 2
Communication for a teenager is the most important activity. Help him gain credibility among his peers. This will serve as a motive for the teenager for further self-realization. Show your child how you can stand out from the crowd: become an outstanding and extraordinary person, be able to find a way out of any situation. To develop these qualities in him, encourage the teenager to solve complex, creative problems, show initiative, and search for himself in any area.
Step 3
Use teen hobbies as motives. At this age, hobbies are very strong and often replace each other. According to the assumption of the outstanding Russian psychologist D. B. Elkonin, adolescence is sensitive to the transition of educational activity to a higher level. This means that the educational process for a teenager can acquire a new meaning, and he will appreciate it as an opportunity for self-improvement and self-education. Adults who are authoritative for a teenager can handle this kind of motivation most successfully: beloved teachers, passionate parents, etc. The main thing for him is a personal example. However, excessive pressure in such a situation can lead to the opposite effect - adolescent rebellion or apathy. Most of all, the intellectual and aesthetic hobbies associated with the love of history, drawing, radio engineering, music, etc. are close to educational activities.
