I'm enjoying a moment of tired children and early bedtimes. Yes, I was gifted with an unexpected 30 minutes of quiet this evening and had the pleasure of exploring the website Babble. There are some interesting parenting articles there, but tonight I had the unfamiliar pleasure of finding a provocative parenting article. The author, ...
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Intentional or intensive parenting?
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. Thoughts on praise by experts Faber and Mazlish
Since my last post on praise, I have been reading, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by bestselling authors and child experts, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. The authors offer an important chapter on praise, which I highly recommend. They provide many more details, exercises, ...
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. How to Effectively Praise Your Child
Did you know that praise is like a drug? That’s right, kids develop an actual chemical need for praise. Parental cheerleading, when overused and overblown, can be an obstacle toward developing independence and may cause undue anxiety in some cases. Furthermore, it may lead to the expectation of an audience for even normal accomplishments. Praise that is ...
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