Tag Archives: Praise

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.  … Continue reading

Share

17 Comments

Filed under Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized

Praise Junkies Beware

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 … Continue reading

Share

28 Comments

Filed under Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized

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 … Continue reading

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Share

3 Comments

Filed under Positive Guidance and Social Skills