(This post is part of The Myth of Perfect Parenting series. Catch up, starting here.)
Praise Junkies Beware
I’m sharing some of my favorite posts from the archives while I spend some extra time with my family.
Blanketing children with praise, seems like a natural step toward building independent, confident kids. But praise may actually produce results in our children that are opposite our intentions, according to an article in New York Magazine (How Not To Talk to Your Kids).
Pondering Praise
Because I follow the brilliant Janet Lansbury on Facebook, I have come across several interesting posts about praise recently. In one of those, Lisa Sunbury of Regarding Baby shared her thoughts in Praise Not , a read I would recommend. All this reading got me thinking about praise.
Postive Guidance Tools of the Trade: Encouragement vs. Judgment and Praise
My apologies to those of you who were following the Positive Guidance posts. I’m finally back around to posting more details here and plan on making Saturdays for Positive Guidance Posts. For those of you who haven’t read the Positive Guidance Posts, start here!
