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“The most destructive form of praise is the kind explicitly intended to reinforce what the child is doing. When we’re advised to ‘catch children being good’ and then give them a verbal dog biscuit, this is a calculated attempt to manipulate them with conditional love.” -Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting As a public school teacher, praise […]

This semester, I have been slowly working through Alfie Kohn’s “Unconditional Parenting” book and have been learning A LOT. I’ll be sharing some quotes and reflections here. Please feel free to add your own comments, ideas, questions, and reflections by commenting on this post. “One evening my three year old son resists- mostly by inaction […]