5 simple techniques to motivate your teens.

Teenagers are a hard batch to understand and an even harder batch to control. However most parents do not realise that the key to motivating your teens is encouragement. It is and has always been the key to good positive motivation. Here. we will show you five sure-fire techniques to motivate your teen.

1. Compliments

People do better when they feel better and it’s only natural that a compliment goes a long way. So if your teen has just won a sporting event at school or stood third in a drama event, compliment him/her and reward them. This will ensure that they are positively motivated to do better. An healthy exercise is to have regular weekly family meetings. it down with your family for at least an hour every week and talk about positive family moments. Talk to your teens about the week gone by. Compliment them on their successes and advice or hear their problems out. During the week, look for ways to let your kids know how unique they are, what you appreciate about them, how adorable they were as little kids. Tell them stories about what they used to do when they were younger.

2. Humor

Parents, do you know teenagers respond to humor better than lectures and nagging. Here’s an example of how a parent used humor to defuse a situation.

Peter was a father of three teens who used betting and guessing games to motivate the children and add humor to a situation. When Peter noticed the chores weren't getting done as agreed, he'd say, "Someone forgot to do something they agreed to. I'll give a dollar to the first person who guesses what it is." The teens ran around the house trying to find out who the culprit was so they could win a dollar.

Simple things like this can set your kids on the right part. All it takes is a bit of positivity and the right enforcement.

3. Collateral

Collateral works really well with teens. If they want to borrow something of yours then they have to give you something valuable of theirs in return. When they return what they borrowed you give them back what's theirs. Good collateral must be something that your teens value like an ipod, make up kit, jewelry etc.

4. Let's make a deal

Another technique that works well in motivating teens is the proposition. Make deals with your kids so you can get them to do their work without too much fuss. For instance you could make a deal with your teen to give him a day of unlimited gaming if he cleans up his room. Such kind of positive encouragement goes a long way in keeping your teens motivated.

5 . Get involved

Probably the most simple tip but still the most overlooked one. If you want to help your kid it's important to get involved. What this means is that the parent and the teen must arrive at some sort of a breakthrough when it comes to expectation and goal management . Talk to your teen and ask him/her to share their goals and issues. Then you talk about your goals and issues. If your goals and your teens goals are far apart, brainstorm and come up with the best possible option. Both you and your teen can then agree on an option you can both live with and carry on from there.