My daughter started fifth grade this month with a wonderful new teacher and, to my delight, the absence of one of the most annoyingly ubiquitous “tools” in modern classrooms today: the behavior chart.

Imagine this: You’re sitting in a faculty meeting, bored and tired. As your principal talks, gesturing at PowerPoint slides, your mind starts to wander. You furtively pull out your phone and check ...

Professor Matt Sanders is the founder of the Triple P Positive Parenting program. If you can't seem to get your kids to do what you ask without endless nagging and conflict - try using behaviour ...

Vanessa Lapointe, author of the new book Discipline Without Damage, said parents need to see that a child's behaviour is just a result of their brains developing and figuring out how to exist in the ...

Psychologists have warned that parents who use sticker charts to encourage their children's behaviour are potentially creating unhelpful and unmotivated adults, as they aren't learning to be helpful ...

You’ve heard this common advice: If you want your child to do something, set up a reward system. Give her a sticker or a point every time she does it. If she gets a certain number of them, she can ...

Give your children stickers or stars towards a reward when they behave the way you want. Kids love being rewarded for good behaviour! Reward charts are useful in helping to teach your child more ...

This post is in response to What’s Wrong With Sticker Charts and Reward Systems? By Eileen Kennedy-Moore Ph.D. Last week, 9-year-old James came into my office beaming. It was the first time I had met ...

A treat here and a treat there seems harmless enough. After all, what could go wrong with a little positive reinforcement for ...

I’m pleased to publish this guest post by my colleague Heather Bleakley Chang, who served 11 years as a K-2 teacher and school leader in Philadelphia, and now supports schools as a consultant ...