rewarding behaviour

Look – we have all been here. I know I have, for sure. That feeling when you are at your absolute wits end with kids who just won’t flipping listen, no matter what you do and how much you plead with them and use all positive parenting techniques known to man. And it is then, […]

7 years ago

Some months ago, my eldest child asked me if she could have pocket money. I said I’d think about it – not to fob her off, but because I wasn’t sure whether or not it was a good idea.  Instinctively, I knew two things: unless there was good reason not to give a seven-year-old pocket […]

11 years ago