Allan casdon is a clinical psychologist at Yale University. He says parents often react with punishment to things that their kids are doing that are bad. His recommendation though, is to reward the positive. Say, for example, a younger kid might leave all their toys somewhere. When alcas to it, says you have to actually pause and think to yourself, what is that opposite? If your kid is leaving their stuff everywhere, the opposite behaviour is for them to be cleaning up,. And now you have something to look for. Every time your kid is cleaning up, you go out of your way to praise it.
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