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Focus on the Good: The Surprisingly Awesome Thing About Your Childโs Misbehavior
Focusing on the good is powerful. โNo one has ever said anything like that to me!โ The rough-looking teenโs tough veneer had softened. I (Jim) detected tears in his eyes. What had caused this teen, a complete stranger and oneโฆ
Why Do My Kids Misbehave to Get My Attention? [video]
Recently, Connected Families Co-Founder Lynne Jackson sat down withย Connected Families Coach Chad Hayenga to get his thoughts on why kids misbehave to get our attention and how we can help them to get our attention in healthy ways instead. Clickโฆ
An Often Overlooked Motivator of Good Behavior…
Many parents think that some sort of painful punishment is the best motivator for kids to improve their behavior. Other parents โfocus on the positiveโ and offer rewards when kids do well. Researchย about what motivates workers to do well revealsโฆ
How to Turn Misbehavior Into Success!
Few watching Jonathan Horton faithfully anchor the 2012 US Menโs Gymnastics team would guess that, apparently, he was quite a squirrelly youngster! But โsquirrellyโ is definitely the right word — as a commercial that aired during the Olympicsย describes, a youngโฆ