#6: Is praise really a problem?

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families · Oct 29, 2014 · 31m · transcript

In my last few podcasts I’ve talked about the problems with praise – and promised I would address the issue in full in a podcast.

Now a warning – this one is a little sciencey, and I do talk about a lot of research. But that’s because praising children is something we’ve been told to do for decades, so for someone to say not to do it – well, that’s kinda weird.

I’ll also help out a parent who is struggling with a toddler who keeps on lashing out and hitting.

And I have one of those parenting hacks that are so obvious – but so easily overlooked – for when the kids are bored and need some…