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Help Your Child Behave

Focus on What’s Right

Helping your child behave nicely starts with you. The first step to increasing your child’s positive behaviors is to recognize what is positive about your child. Complete the following exercise as the first step toward better child behavior.

1. One thing my child is good at is:

2. Something I like about the way my child treats others is:

3. One thing others compliment my child for is:

4. I enjoy spending time with my child when we:

Once completed, the answers to these questions can serve as a means to praise and a guide for spending special time with your child.

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Introduction
Effective Praise
Ignoring Bad Behavior
Effective Commands
Jackie's Story
Time with Your Children
Focus on What's Right


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