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[quote=Anonymous]When my kids says this, I say "Okay, yeah, screw school. Let's take you out of it. We can just do homeschool and travel anywhere in the world. Where should we go to??" Then she gets scared and backtracks because one year we actually did that and she wasn't a fan. LOL. I hate school too though :/

I just make sure there's always a few really fun weekend things planned. Sometimes I take my kid to an all ages concert that she wants, or we have a trip somewhere, or we go to a professional sport game. Use that as motivation. "Finish all your hw so we can go to XYZ".

Also talking to your kid about the content of their learning, the books they're reading etc. And integrating into relevant convos helps. It shows that what they're learning is useful. Also if you can talk about things adjacent to their learning subjects but that are more interesting to them. Show everything connects.

My kids has a club they really like and that's a big motivator. Maybe encourage him to try some new extracurriculars or electives to see if there's something that really clicks with him.[/quote]

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