I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT -
see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as
rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]
Every observant dog owner can
see for himself that his dog gets greater satisfaction from the praise
rewarding a
well - executed command or
good behavior than he does from the momentary excitement of disobeying, which is usually followed by the evident guilt feelings, (ears back and avoiding eye contact), even when he has not been punished.
The parenting
behaviors are assigned to nine subscales (with item examples in brackets): positive parental
behavior («I make time to listen to my child, when he / she wants to tell me something»), autonomy («I teach my child that he / she is responsible
for his / her own
behavior»), rules («I teach my child to obey rules»), monitoring («I keep track of the friends my child is
seeing»), discipline («When my child has done something wrong, I punish him / her by taking away something nice [
for instance, the child can't watch TV,...]»), harsh punishment («I slap my child when he / she has done something wrong»), ignoring unwanted
behavior («When my child does something that is not allowed, I only talk to him / her again when he / she behaves
better»), inconsistent discipline («When I have punished my child, it happens that I let my child out of the punishment early»), and material
rewarding («I give my child money or a small present when he / she has done something that I am happy about»).