Book Review: Motivate Your Child by Dr.
Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
*I received the book
free and also received compensation but the opinions are my own.
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When I read the following
words on the back of the book I knew this book would be perfect for my family. “God's Word gives us a better way to parent, one that
builds strong internal motivation in children. When parents change the way they
parent, kids change the way they live. This practical book explores a theology
of internal motivation and then gives parents real-life solutions to equip their
kids for life.”
I have noticed that
yelling, taking privileges away, or even using rewards does not help my children
become motivated to do things on their own. I have tried to figure out
different methods to get them to do things without being told.
I am so glad I found
this book. It is a practical guide that I can use along with the Bible. Instead
of having to use some type of reward or punishment to externally motivate my children, they can learn to be internally motivated. There are many
ideas in this book that one can easily implement. The book also uses examples of
many different types of families.
I have read and
discussed parts of this book with my children. So far, I have been shocked at
how implementing just a few of these ideas has already made such a big
difference in my children’s behavior. For example, instead of telling my
children that they had to clean their room now,
I asked, “What is your plan to clean your room?” They came up with their own
plan. I trusted them with it and the room was cleaned at the time they told me
it would be.
This book points out
that we need to get kids on “level two” and even “level three” thinking. According
to the authors, level one thinking is what kids engage in everyday, thinking
about themselves and their own activities. Level two thinking focuses on
responsibility and other people. Level three thinking considers God. The book
even goes further by helping you teach your children to do more than what is
expected.
A great benefit to this book is that you can
start using it on children of any age. They are not too old or too young to
benefit from the teaching in this book.
This book gives me the
tools to train my children to motivate themselves to do what they are supposed
to do in all situations. It will stay in my list of references to share with
other parents.
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