How do I motivate my child to study?

i think you need to be friendly with your children and make them understand the importance of study.... reward them for their succes and i am sure they are going to study well

find out wat he is good at other than studies something like painting,singing,dancing or some sports and so on... studies is not the only thing in life..try to explore his talent and bring him up in that direction....

I struggle to get my son to do his homework but discovered that when he is at his girlfriends house and she is doing hers he will happily get on with his too. It depends on your childs age of course but it does seem that the influence of peers is quite effective. It might be worth looking at which of his friends are motivated to study and encouraging him to invite them over to study together.

moral lessons plus some gifts when u complete home works or study or mug up some thinkgs like u can encourage them.

You can start by forbeding him to do the things that he like the most,like stay at tv or plaing at the computer,are prommising him a good recompese for each good thing that he does!

this is the tendency of human being that he always want to do that thing which he is not supposed to do,if you say that don't go there than i will think that how to go there in this way.you also have to understand the same thing and then you can easily handle your child.the first thing you have to do is that dont put up pressure on him to study,you have to tell him time to time that dont study do whatever you want but you have to be a great achiever so do it in any manner....if he is a fan of sachin tendulkar tell him that what make him sachin tendulkar his great effort.doing in this manner he might be serious about his goal.

maybe you could be the odel for him/her, I mean you try to study too such as reading some books so that your child can see you do the same thing as you told him/her, and maybe he/she will get motivated (or embarassed) 'cause he/she think you're a great parent

try to give him the books of his interests if he has any particular interests.leave him alone with the books of his interest.out of curiosity he will flip through the pages and if he does,he will start reading it.try it...

Hmm I would say tough love. Lectures don't do a thing. Take it from a 17 year old girl who has had a ton of lectures. They only make the child get annoyed at the parent, and we don't really listen during them. You need to start punishing your child for not studying. If they don't, then take away privelages such as tv and computer. Or you could almost use force, where they have to sit at the kitchen table and study for at least one hour every day. And set up an exact time. Maybe this will help. My mom did this with me once and it worked, so hopefully the same will happen with your child.