Ahhh “behavior management.” Our collective blood pressures probably rise a bit when thinking about all the things, major and minor, that our little ones like to do to test our limits… and the gleeful looks on their faces sometimes when they know they are pushing our buttons.
This ranks in at No. 7 on our list of important parental skill areas. So, today we discuss whether we depend on positive reinforcement and only punish our kids when everything else we’ve tried fails.