How To Shape Children’s Behavior
Over at AskDrSears.com there are 10 powerful techniques posted for parents to shape children’s behavior. Each technique is discussed thoroughly how to be carried out.
- praise
- selective ignoring
- time-out
- consequences
- motivators
- reminders
- negotiation
- withdrawing privileges
- humor
- hoding a family meeting
As parents, we still have to exercise our own discernment on when to use which technique in order to have desirable effects. Normally parents need to make choices between two or more techniques (e.g. selective ignoring or reminders or any other techniques) in a specific situation (e.g. a child is losing self-control and throwing tantrum). The simple trick is: trial and error to see if your child has positive response. Do you have any idea of how to choose the right peranting technique?