Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 17:59     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:Does she have friends? If so, does she socialize with them in person.
I didn't take any AP classes in high school either, and still wound up going to a good college and becoming an attorney.


Yea she has friends, they hang out, do sleepovers, go out to eat or coffee shop etc
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 17:57     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

She needs a job

It doesn’t matter what the job is baby sitting dog walking fast food

Stop paying for things
No she dies not need the phone for safety she can have a phone without paces to TikTok

This is your fault why is she shopping?

Traveling WTH ? No
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 17:53     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:Dd will be turning 16 in a month, she’s in 11th grade. She doesn’t want to do any extracurricular, doesnt want to take any AP classes, doesn’t want to join any orgs. If we ask her why, answer is : i dont want to. She doesn’t want to play any sports either but complains she wants to lose weight. We trued therapy and multiple tests , all came back normal. How do you motivate a teen to be more engaged or interested in things? If you ask her what she’s interested in: nothing. All she wants to do is: travel, shopping, tiktok. I put screentime on her phone recently to limit her time online.


And who is funding those ? Stop paying for travel and shopping if she doesn’t get her act together!
She can also get a job and pay for all this but you definitely should stop giving her what she wants if she’s not performing at the level she should be , both academically and in her extracurriculars.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 17:03     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Does she have friends? If so, does she socialize with them in person.
I didn't take any AP classes in high school either, and still wound up going to a good college and becoming an attorney.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:25     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get rid of the screens.


We have screentime on. She still needs her phone to be able to communicate with us for safety reasons while she’s in school, on the bus etc


She doesn’t need it for TikTok though she’s not mature enough. Get her a flip phone.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:24     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of the screens.


We have screentime on. She still needs her phone to be able to communicate with us for safety reasons while she’s in school, on the bus etc
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:19     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Get rid of the screens.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:18     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:She is probably consuming tradwife content on tiktok where SAHMs tell young girls they are better off finding a rich man who will support them instead of the corporate grind or a career in general.


Not even. She mostly watches a bunch of silly dance videos n asmr stuff
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:18     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:I have one super motivated kid and one who is like your daughter. I’m debating using the promise of travel to motivate my less-motivated child.


We canceled a trip last year due to her not doing homework, bad grades etc. she was on top of it for a bit after that but that was very temporary
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 12:16     Subject: Re:My teen is unmotivated

Anonymous wrote:If she’s good at TikTok can she just be an influencer?


She is shy and self conscious doesn’t post anything, just watches videos
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 11:59     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

She is probably consuming tradwife content on tiktok where SAHMs tell young girls they are better off finding a rich man who will support them instead of the corporate grind or a career in general.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 11:58     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

I have one super motivated kid and one who is like your daughter. I’m debating using the promise of travel to motivate my less-motivated child.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 11:57     Subject: Re:My teen is unmotivated

She could just plan to marry a rich guy.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 11:56     Subject: Re:My teen is unmotivated

If she’s good at TikTok can she just be an influencer?
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2025 11:31     Subject: My teen is unmotivated

Dd will be turning 16 in a month, she’s in 11th grade. She doesn’t want to do any extracurricular, doesnt want to take any AP classes, doesn’t want to join any orgs. If we ask her why, answer is : i dont want to. She doesn’t want to play any sports either but complains she wants to lose weight. We trued therapy and multiple tests , all came back normal. How do you motivate a teen to be more engaged or interested in things? If you ask her what she’s interested in: nothing. All she wants to do is: travel, shopping, tiktok. I put screentime on her phone recently to limit her time online.