Increase the positives, Mama

Can giving your child more specific praise help prevent problems and save your sanity? It CAN! What?!

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Just shifting our perspective to catch our kids being good and then telling our kids what they are doing well can make a HUGE difference with just a little bit of effort on our parts! Get your free ebook all about it directly to your inbox here.

I had a student in a graduate course a few years ago named Kevin. Kevin was the dad of a teenage son. As he was learning how to use behavior tools in the school setting, he decided to try out some at home, too. Kevin and his wife were frustrated with the laundry situation with their teenager. They were changing the wifi password each week and their son would get to know the new code only after he did his laundry. It was a major headache for the parents.

Kevin was working with teachers to increase their use of behavior-specific praise so he practiced it at home, too. When his son did his laundry, Kevin told him how much he appreciated that it was done. Kevin didn’t really believe me that it would help put an end to laundry power struggles with a teenager.

The next week, his son did his own laundry without being asked. Kevin was surprised, but still wasn’t giving the credit to this entirely too easy behavior tool. Kevin again gave his son a sincere statement of praise and gratitude.

And the next week? His son did his laundry without being asked, without having to change wifi passwords.

It worked! Of course it worked! The behavior tools you’ll learn here are all backed by a ton of behavior science research. But I promise to never ask you to read that research. Just feel confident knowing it’s there!

It worked for Kevin. It will work for you. 

This super simple tool of telling your child what they did well can make a huge difference! It takes very little time and no money. Praise what you prize. But make sure you tell them what you prize!

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About the author

Leanne Page is a Parent Coach, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), best-selling author, founder of the Confident Parenting Framework, wife, and mom to two littles of her own.

Leanne has worked with children for over 13 years- as a special education teacher, ABA center manager, BCBA, and now as a Parent Coach.

Because all moms deserve to know the best, Parenting with ABA makes the science of behavior analysis accessible and easy to use. Behavior science has been proven with really hard cases and it works just as well for those of us who need help managing behaviors in our homes- moms of littles!

Using positive behavior strategies helps mom turn things around in their homes, helps kids communicate better and have more successes at school & socially, and allows moms to rest easy knowing they are doing what is proven to work.

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