Positive Reinforcement For Children

As parents, mentors, tutors, teachers, nannies, coaches, older siblings, you name it...we all know the importance of building self-esteem to children when they're curiosity leads them to experimenting and learning about new things. It is then that it most important to let them know that it is okay to make mistakes, because that is the only way to learn. Positive Reinforcement is incredibly important to help build self-esteem! I recently discovered this resourceful article from Purdue University about Positive Reinforcement and Rewards, written by Rejeswari Natrajan, a Graduate Researcher and Doctor Judith A. Myers-Walls, a Specialist in Positive Reinforcement. Natrajan and Myers-Walls, prepared a "knowledge to go" article that provides excellent tips to parents about using rewards and reinforcement together. Go ahead and give it a chance, you might just take a little something from it and implement it next time you are around a child.

Positive Reinforcement Article:

http://www.extension.purdue.edu/providerparent/PDF%20Links/PositiveReinfRewards.pdf

Check out the genius jar idea at:

http://wolfelicious.blogspot.com/2012/07/caught-ya-positive-reinforcement.html

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Nanny Advice! Any Suggestions?!

Seaside Nannies!!
I need advice and who better to come to!!!

The almost 6 year old I look after is having some issues at the moment. She tells her parents she is anxious at and about school. She tells them her teacher is loud and yells and that she wants her mother to stay with her in school so that she doesn’t have to worry so much.

Now this would be fine if only it was true. She never exhibits any anxious behavior to me and is very positive about school. She does well with her peers and does above average work.

I had a meeting with her class teacher this afternoon and the teacher said that she thinks the behavior is really on display fro her parents. She believes my little charge does not spend enough time with her parents and has told them this. As you can imagine, this did not go down really well! The teacher has suggested to the parents do a “nightly diary” with her, and talk positively about her day with her, however, her parents say this is pointless.

I’m sure you have seen this happen in many cases but my little charge has two personalities… one for school and me, as she is calm, quiet, confident, polite and a delight. However when it comes to her parents, she turns into a little lunatic. Suddenly, she turns into a temper tantrum throwing, attention seeking, whiny, loud and obnoxious needy little thing upon her parents arrival home for the day.

My questions is: Do I keep trying to work with the parents and offer my suggestions, or do I just let it go and let them deal with it on their own, since they are not heading my suggestions anyway.

I think the world of my little charge and only want her to be happy, but am I worrying too much?

Yours truly,
Nanny Diana