Parenting Tips for Teens - How to Find Self Motivation

We want kids to find self motivation instead of us telling them what they should do. Hold a weekly meeting with your teen where you just talk about what's going on and this avoids a bad situation triggering. Give positive attention to the teens own ideas about change, finding out what they care about. Use as much language to emphasize autonomy as you can. Ask them to design their own plans. If they get it wrong, let them try it out. Let them stumble, but then be there to process with them if it worked or not.