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Jun 16

how to punish.

photo credit: Grrr! via photopin (license)

photo credit: Grrr! via photopin (license)

Last week I left a post with you 10 Key to face disobedience. In this post I talked about the 10 things that you must always do if you want your kids will not "go wild".

When moms and dads ask me about how to change a particular behavior of their kids, I always tell them to use positive reinforcement, but it is true that often is not enough and there is no choice but to resort to punishment.

Punishing is not bad, but you have to know how to punish, and the most important: Punishment alone is not effective. Be aware that the punishment try not to change behavior, but eliminate the behavior. When we punish not usually explain to children what to do, but what they should not do. Therefore, it is essential that when we punish, We explain to children what they have done wrong and how they should do it next time.

On the other hand, punishment in isolation is very effective, but when we use it again and again completely loses its effectiveness. So remember that we can not abuse.

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Nov 13

How to improve your child's behavior.

When I meet with parents or have tutorials, their biggest concerns are often related to your child's behavior: "I can not get more than five minutes seated", "Le dan pataletas", "Sticks to his brothers".

Usually we talk about disobedient children and in most cases the way to address the behavior of these children by parents is not the best. In this post I leave some guidelines that can help you and your children obey, above all, and more important to me two tools to try to practically improve their behavior.

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