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From the Editor's Desk There's a Better Way to Parent: Less Yelling, Less Praise When Michaeleen Doucleff met parents from around the world, she encountered millennia-old methods of raising good kids that made American parenting seem bizarre and ineffective. One of the craziest things we do is praise children constantly. When I was first working on the book, I recorded myself to see how frequently I praised my little girl, Rosy, and I noticed that I would exaggeratedly react to even her smallest accomplishments, like drawing a flower or writing a letter, with a comment like "Good job!" or "Wow! What a beautiful flower!" This is insane if you look around the world and throughout human history. Everywhere I went, I don't know if I ever heard a parent praise a child. Yet these kids are incredibly self-sufficient, confident, and respectful - everything we want praise to do, these kids already have it, without the praise. It's hard to cut back on praise, because it's so baked in, but later on, I decided to try. It's not that there's no feedback, but it's much gentler feedback - parents will smile or nod if a child is doing something they want. I started doing that, and Rosy's behavior really improved. A lot of the attention-seeking behavior went away. Continued here TradeBriefs: Newsletters for Decision-Makers! Advertisers of the day Emeritus: PG Diploma in Digital Marketing Strategies in collaboration with Columbia Business School Executive Education - Starts on Mar 23, 2021 Emeritus on behalf of NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Become an Effective Negotiator with the Negotiation Strategies for Success Programme by NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy - Starts on Mar 25, 2021 Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Want the newsletters, without the promotional mailers? 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