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How to Survive a Family Vacation
Hurray! Summer vacation is here, and you are psyched about your upcoming family vacation! Aren’t you? Or, like many families, are you hoping for the best but secretly dreading the hours and hours of family togetherness? Travel time together...
How to Create Intrinsic Motivation
How are you going to get them to do it in a way that builds positive self-concept? Are you going to drag him kicking and screaming into the shower? Empty her room of all of her belongings because she wouldn’t clean it? Ground him from all...
Rewards! Or, Why Anyone Does Anything
When I was a kid, I loved going to the dentist because we always got to go to Baskin & Robbins for ice cream afterwards. My parents were smart. They knew intuitively that if they paired something we didn’t like very much with something that we...
Punishment is Not a Dirty Word
Have you ever heard anyone say that rewards and punishments don’t work? Well, those people are just plain wrong, although I acknowledge that some of these people are considered experts in parenting. The fact is that the field of behavior...
I’m bored
March is finally here, and believe it or not, summer is just around the corner. With summer camp listings already out, it’s not too early to be thinking of your summer plans. If you are like some parents, when you consider the long summer months...
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