Years ago when I started learning the principles of self-government I was foster parenting really difficult children. Most of these children had some things in common. They were on medication, they had severe anger control issues, and they had terrible eating habits. The medication situation was evaluated, and in most cases stopped when as self-government […]
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My good friend, Jodie Palmer, sent me this cute anecdote which happened when they were role playing the Four Basic Skills with their children.
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Occasionally parents will ask me if I think a parent can praise too much. The philosophy that too much praise is bad comes from articles published suggesting that if a person gets praised all the time when they are children that they will feel like they need praise for everything when they are adults. This may or may not be true for insincere, general, or made up praise. I have not really studied this side of the praise argument much. However, the other side of the praise argument is worth discussing.
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