Parenting

Here's a little phrase to chew on. "What gets rewarded, gets repeated." It's so true in lots of life's areas but in parenting, it's profound. It's obvious that when our children do well and are obedient, we will reward their good behavior with words of affirmation, special privileges, etc. But let's think of this phrase from the other side. When we ignore bad behavior, give in or "cave", or tell ourselves we'll deal with it later, we have just rewarded our children with a message that may not verbally say, "That was acceptable.", but implies it. Next time you are tempted to show retreat, remind yourself what gets rewarded, gets repeated. Hang in there!!!