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Parenting Solutions: 5
Easy Ways To Instill
Good Child Behavior
Through Positive
Reinforcement

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Whether it is applied to adults or kids, giving a little praise can
significantly help increase a person’s interest in a subject or an
activity. This is one aspect of parenting skills that parents need to
understand and apply correctly. If parents overdo it, positive
reinforcements such as praising become useless because it becomes
ever-increasingly meaningless to the child who is receiving them. On
the other hand, if positive reinforcements are irregular and
inconstant with the good behavior performed by the children, it also
becomes meaningless to the child and it does not serve to shape the
child’s learning.

Here are some common sense parenting key points to help parents
effectively implement positive reinforcement. With developed
parenting skill, parents can easily administer appropriate parenting
solutions:

 Send a clear message. Parents must be very clear on what is
good or bad actions and behavior. If your kid performs a good
act, praise him and make it clear to him what you are praising
him for. And if the action is undesirable, avoid giving vague
warnings like “please behave yourself”. This doesn’t give the
child a good and clear idea of what action he has taken was
wrong. Let your kids be clear of your parenting guidelines.

 Choose your reinforcements. Rewards must match the
magnitude of the behavior. They should match the child’s age,
capabilities, and the effort required to earn them. Kids have
unique preferences. A reinforcement that is not relevant to
your child will bear no value. For example, preschool children
will like getting stickers and toys, while teenagers may prefer
getting extra pocket money. Follow this basic common sense
parenting.


 Timing is everything. Consistency is the key. Make it an
everyday routine for your kids. It helps them understand rules
and expectations. Also, immediately reinforce good behavior.
The shorter the delay between the behavior and
reinforcement, the greater the chance of strengthening the
behavior. When a new behavior performed by your child is
desired, keep providing him with positive reinforcements. Until
that behavior is instilled in your kid and is established, then you
can cut back on the positive reinforcements.

 Change the types of reinforcements given your child so he
doesn’t get bored of the reward or find that the same reward
gradually diminishes in value over time. Wherever possible, try
to reward your child with non-material items. Encouragement
or a gentle pat on the back all serves the same purpose. Don’t
make it a point to have your child used to getting a material
item for a job well done.

 Good behavior should come instinctively from the child, and
not done because he or she wants the reward that is hanging at
the end of the action. One way to instill a proper sense of
what’s right or wrong is to combine praise along with an
encouragement. This serves to strike the point across more
strongly and helps reduce emphasis on just the praise alone.

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