Listen or Follow How often do you notice when your children are doing the right thing? When you do notice it, do you reinforce it or tend to go about your business? Many parents only get involved when a kid’s behavior starts to turn negative. If that’s you, know you...
Listen or Follow What is a behavior type? Do we all have them? If so, what is your child’s behavior type? Science shows us that every behavior, no matter how big or small, has a purpose or function. Behavior analysts typically group behavior purposes into useful...
Listen or Follow *Disclaimer: Around the 16-minute mark of this podcast episode, Getting Kids Active, Robert says, “but step seven does teach us to start with small, easy to achieve versions of the behavior…” – “Step seven” should be corrected to “step five”. Does...
Listen or Follow Have you ever wondered what, exactly, are punishment, reinforcement, and extinction? Is it possible to avoid the use of punishment altogether when raising our children? In this podcast episode, I cover consequences and why we repeat a behavior or not....
Listen or Follow Ask parents what the worst part about raising school age children is and, chances are, they’ll say it’s homework. After completing a full day of school, the last thing kids feel like doing is their homework, and the last thing parents want to do is...
Listen or Follow Have you ever felt like your kids don’t respect you the way you think they should? Do you compare things to the relationship between you and your own parents? One of the most important things to look at are the root causes of respect and a parenting...
