5 Ways To Help Your Child Perform Better At School.

As a parent  your child’s academic life should be of paramount interest to you knowing  this will impact your child’s future.

Most times children are more interested in playing with their gadgets, watching cartoon or chilling with their friends rather than spending time on their school work which is why they need motivation.

The onus now lies on you as a parent to help your child value his or her academics over electronics and friends and motivate your child to perform better at school. How would you acheive this ?

First, you need to build a relationship with your child. A relationship based on respect, openness and positivity. This is extremely important in helping your child performance at school as this will make your child look up to you as an influential figure in his life.

Often times parents make the mistake of scolding, punishing or even threathening the child with the hope that this will make the child get more serious but the thruth is that such approach often times is ineffective as it will make the child become defiant.

It is normal to get angry and be frustrated if your child isn’t performing well in school but reacting based on your emotions might not yeild the result you desire. Instead of getting yourself worked up and making this a topic of discussion daily with your child have an open, honest and respectful discussion with your child to find out what the issues are and how you may help out.

Secondly, introduce a reward system to your child, i tell you this works greatly. For instance, let your child know that he can only play with his gadget when he finishes his homework or he can play with his friends after reading his book. If you stick to this system and enforce it, i tell you it works.

You can also use whatever goodies that your child like as the reward to motivate your child to study. I do this with my kids and it really helps.

Thirdly, have a planned schedule to study. Why i say planned is that you should involve your child in choosing the suitable time to study. When there is a schedule in place it helps the child study at the designated time. You should ensure that there is no form of distraction at this time. Put away all gadgets and turn the Tv off so your child can concentrate.

Fourth, always get in touch with your child’s teacher to find out how your child is performing. Don’t wait till the result is out and then you start to react. Find out from the teacher the subjects were your child needs help and how you may assist,

this will give you a better and clearer picture of how best to assist your child at home.

Fifth, assist your child with his homework, this will help you ascertain the subjects your child needs to improve on in addition to what the teacher already told you.

Take your time to explain the subject to your child if you are knowledgeable about it.  break it down in bits for your child, this really helps. Sometimes  all a child might need is a one-on-one teaching, so grab the opportunity to do this. If you are not knowledgeable about the subjects but can afford a home tutor  then get your child a home tutor.

As you apply the above suggestions rememember that it is important to support and encourage your child when he is not performing well. Avoid negative reactions such as outburst of anger, using negative and abusive words,

rather be consistent in assisting him with his school work, ensuring he takes all his books to school. 

Be kind and loving to your child even when being firm as this will make it easy to try out all the above suggestions and get the positive result you desire.