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how to motivate kid to be active?

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  • badbradclark
    badbradclark Posts: 47 Member
    Um...she's 5. It sounds like you are obsessing over finding a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. You say she is super healthy...so what's the problem? Pick your battles and plan for the long haul.
  • danah515
    danah515 Posts: 7 Member
    I get what others are saying and I understand what you are saying too. Fitness related or not it is all about motivation and positive reinforcement. What ways would you motivate a child to clean their room or do homework? Stickers seem to work for little kids. They do a chore and get a sticker, get a good grade and get a sticker. Let's say you start off with 15 minutes of activity and she gets to put a sticker on a "healthy chart". Next time it is 20 minutes. Or maybe some other type of activity. Yeah I know it is very cheesy but kids love it. You would be suprised how much a dollars worth of stickers can accomplish. I don't know how you would give the stickers out though. ??
  • AmandaLY17
    AmandaLY17 Posts: 184 Member
    musta been sleepy this morning and missed the last paragraph!... And I must say, it sounds like you have her involved in a lot of different things. Kids are just like adults in the sense that if they feel they`re being pushed around (not saying that you necessarily are, but that she might feel that way) then she might just be rebelling. More than 1 organized activity for a child that age is quite a bit... 5 is quite young still.
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