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181: Why ‘giving choices’ doesn’t work – and what to do instead

Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, research-based parenting ideas to help kids thrive

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How to Motivate Your Child to Do Something They Wouldn't Want to Do

A parent who insists on one physical activity can start by doing a lot of self-reflection to understand, why am I insisting on this? What am I afraid will happen if I don't exert this degree of control over my child? In this scenario, my guess would be that the parent is afraid of not being the best possible parent and of not giving their child the best possible start in life. If we reduce these potential options down to you need to choose one physical activity, we lose the possibility of meeting both our needs.

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