I have a daughter who does not like to study. How to motivate her to study better.?

I don't know how old your child is but, you may end up doing more harm than good by gettingon her case a lot to try and make her study. My kids are smart and my daughter does all her homework (she will be a senior in high school) and has never not done all her homework and she studies when she needs to. She does well in school but she is not an excellent student. She is a good student. I know if she studied just a little bit more that she could be a top student. I think this is my issue, however, and not hers. She loves school. She is having a great time in school. She ahs a good social life. She has many close friends. They are a good group of kids and they have a lot in common. She is devoted to her extracurricular activities and enjoys herself and is always busy. She doesn't waste her time or sit around and wonder what to do with herself all the time. I wish she would study just a little bit more but, this is how she is and I think she likes her life and i think that's great. I used to picture her going to Harvard becasue she could be there if she wanted it. But she doesn't want it and that has to be okay with me. On the other hand, if you child is 10 years old my advice to you is to check out her friends and what they are like and how they spend their time and how much they study. From my experience it matters a lot who her friends are and how much they study and how much they value doing well in school. You also didn't mention how your daughter is doing in school as a student. If she is doing really well without having to work very hard, there's not much I could think of to motivate her to work harder and learn more for its own sake. That has to come from her. Also you didn't mention if she enjoys reading for its own sake. Is she a good reader? Does she read for pleasure or only for school or only if you insist? Reading is the key to so much and it is incredibly wonderful if she can enjoy reading just for the sake of loving to read. Let her read whatever she wants to read and encourage her to just read for her own enjoyment. Get her magazines and buy her any books she wants. Start a mother-daughter book club if you think she would maybe enjoy that. It all so much depends on how old she is. Everything could backfire if she is at an age where she just wants to do things her way and will be more likely to do what you want her to do if you leave her alone about it. If she is still really young and wants to please you and will listen to you in general, then read to her as much as you can. Make it fun and make it part of your lifestyle. Be sure she sees you read for pleasure. Good luck!!

Well,In 3rd grade i was like that,My parents made me flash cards.Now since im used to studying,I got an academic award in science!!.Make her flash cards,Tell her if she studies for an hour that she can have a friend over,she can go to her friends house,Say she can have two hours on the computer,Let her decide what reward she would want to have if she studied!

make it fun

well according to me u should show her an example of a person who did not study and is not succesfull today........mayb shel learn from that persons mistakes..........n moreover if their is some other talent in her for which u dont have to push her then let her get in2 it...no point forcing her in2 doin sumfin she's not interested. best of luck

well not all children need to study, i didnt study all the time but i was always a straight A student. if she is very smart, you shouldnt worry about it. she probably does enough studying in school. if she starts failing her classes, or her grades are coming out lower due to lack of study, then she should study.

What do you do in the evening? Read? Watch TV? Are you asking your daughter to be "better" than you? Also, it isn't clear to me from your post why she needs to study more.

I would quiz her and see if she knows what she is going to test over. Also she may not need to study some kids can take it all in at school, and understand things well enough ,that they do not ever have to crack a book open at home. If she does not do well on her quiz you giver her, than do some research and find some interesting facts about what she is testing over. Let her start her own study group with some freinds over two nights a week or the night before the big test. Make up some good healthy snacks for them. Motivate her in every way you can think of-if she needs it. Good Luck!

Allow her special privileges for doing her homework............

I would stick around while she is studying. If you have to maybe take a class of your own so she sees a good role model for studying. My daughter is 5 and just starting kindergarden this year. I study with her 2 hours a day. I even let her quiz me (even though I know my abc's and 123's) just to get her more excited! Also let your daughter know that the harder she works now the better off she will be later in life.