Motivation - parenting and your child

Hello everyone!

I am researching how parent help to motivate their children for a paper I am writing. If you could answer these questions for me, I would be very thankful.

Louella

Parents:
How many children do you have? What ages are they?
What do you do to help motivate your children? To do chores, to complete homework (or other learning activities), to be independent
Do you use rewards on a regular basis to convince your children to do things? What are the rewards (candy, tv time, parent time, …)?
Do you allow them to struggle through some things in order to gain more confidence? If you do, why? If you do not why?
If you were asked “Please help me, my child seems to be lacking the motivation to do anything but sit and watch TV”. What advice would you give them?