If you’re working from home while simultaneously keeping kids on task during distance learning, you deserve a medal! (And that’s pretty much all of us right now, isn’t it?) Here’s how to deal: teach your kids the art of self-monitoring during online learning (hey, this may even help you stay on task at work, too)!…
Here’s the scene: I’m working from home, trying to edit a document while spying on my kid, who’s in his third Zoom online learning class of the day. Every time it goes silent on his side of the table, I give him side-eye. “Why is it quiet? Aren’t you supposed to be ‘in class’?” “I’m…
Have what you’d call a non-compliant child? First off, let me promise you you’re not alone. And allow me to encourage you: parenting a non-compliant child is not easy! That said, you CAN be successful. It just requires a new approach. What do I mean by this? Parenting a child with compliance issues (a.k.a. defiant…
Ready to increase desired behaviors in your child, and take some of the emotional struggles out of parenting a child with special needs? A token economy, also known as token reinforcement, is easy to set up and implement. What is a token economy? Remember that gold star you coveted on your homework in elementary school?…
Here’s the scene: I’m sitting in an airport with two grandfatherly gentlemen, one of whom had never had children, I might add, and polite chit chat leads to the inevitable place where I divulge that my day job is all about behavior modification. We talked a bit, not too deeply and seemingly safely, but there…
When you are raised in the South, there are a few things that you can expect with certainty: plenty of fried chicken, church on Sunday, and a spanking if you ever sassed your mama. Spanking was a regular part of my childhood, and I certainly don’t think I was emotionally or physically scarred by that…