It’s Friday! I am sure everyone is excited for the weekend and sleeping in and relaxing. I am most excited about finding out how my oldest son did on his spelling test today! He painstakingly practices his words, both spelling and definition, and is very excited to post his score on the refrigerator. As a family, we celebrate each child’s achievements and display all accomplishments for everyone to see. Accentuate the positive.
This weekend, I challenge each parent to only acknowledge positive behaviors of children and not address negative behaviors (unless necessary). I’ve tried this experiment many times before and found if I only acknowledge positive behaviors, I receive (mostly) positive behaviors. This, of course, isn’t always the case, but having few positive outcomes is better than none.
If you are game and try it, please post on Monday morning to let everyone know how it worked out for you.
Please share this challenge with your friends.
Have a great weekend!!
David Bothast, MPSA
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