A lot of new mothers consider whether it would be possible for them to quit their job and stay at home and look after the children on a full time basis. This can be an agonizing decision for many couples. There is the attraction of spending all the time possible with their new little baby [...]

When is it a good idea to get a tutor and who needs a tutor? Well, a tutor is someone who can be a specialist in their field and who sometimes also has a teaching qualification. Teachers become tutors sometimes, either to earn extra income or to help their pupils to do better in their [...]

The purpose of a contract is to provide an agreement which clearly specifies the behavior expected and the rewards that can be earned. It is written in simple language (or pictures for small children), is displayed publicly, and helps the parties involved remember the terms of the agreement. Often such an agreement is posted somewhere [...]

Imagine this situation: Mum and Dad have two young children. At the end of the day, Dad comes home, hoping to watch the six o’clock news. The children are running about, making a lot of noise. Dad calls out to Mum in the other room. ‘You’re at home with these children all the time. Can’t [...]

Just as parents socially reward children, children socially reward us as parents: by doing what is asked of them having a generally cheerful disposition, smiling and laughing, acting excited and happy when they see us, showing affection, and imitating our behavior – in short, by making us feel needed and loved.
As children grow into [...]

What kinds of material rewards do you value? The list might include a nice home, clothes, jewelry, cars, perfume, and boats – just about anything money will buy! Of course children have their prized rewards too: sweets, biscuits, dolls, toys. Material rewards (as we use the term) are tangible objects that have some economic value.
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This principle is probably no great surprise to anyone, yet parents sometimes forget that very alert eyes and ears arc frequently tuned to them. Through the modeling process a child learns values, attitudes, gestures, vocabulary – and had habits. Consider the simple ritual of eating. If a child spends an average of an hour a [...]

Indeed, a divorce may cause adjustment problems for people working out a new lifestyle, but the chances arc David pesters his mother because she accidentally rewards him, even though she wants him to stop. Her looks, touches, scolds, and even smacks arc still attention to David. To help him through the divorce adjustment, his mother [...]

There are not a lot of people who enjoy housework, but it is something that has to get done around the home. While everyone in your family will run busy lives, the housework cannot be all given to one person in the household. It should be a group effort by everyone living in [...]

While only a decade ago home schooling was still seen by many as a fringe phenomenon, today the world of home schooling is enjoying a newfound respect. Part of this new respectability now doubt stems from the fact that children and teens who are schooled in the home often score much better on standardized tests [...]