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5 ways parents can motivate children at home during the pandemic – without nagging or tantrums

  • Written by Wendy Grolnick, Professor of Psychology, Clark University
Involving children while setting up family schedules gives them ownerhship over behavior. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images

Parents have always helped with homework and made sure their children fulfill responsibilities like chores, but the extended and often unstructured time families are spending together during the current crisis creates new...

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