Saying Yes More than No

POSITIVE APPROACH

Finally, while of course you must always correct your daughter’s behavior when it’s necessary, you could take extra trouble to do it in a positive way ("try this" rather than "don’t do that"), and to avoid humiliating her.

Two useful measures of this: If you say "no" words more often than you say "yes" words, your discipline probably isn’t coming across as positive.

(An excerpt from an article by Penelope Leach, a child psychologist and mother of two, is the author of the best-selling books YOUR BABY AND CHILD: FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE and YOUR GROWING CHILD: FROM BABYHOOD THROUGH ADOLESCENCE)

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