Yesterday I made the case for why using carrot and stick tactics to motivate your child is dangerous. Today I am going to try to give you a simple alternative for tapping into your child’s self-motivation. If you have more time on your hands, I suggest going deeper later. You can start by using the […]
Carrot and stick motivation should be avoided by parents with very few exceptions. Contrary to popular belief, carrot and stick motivation will drive more behavior you don’t want than driving the behavior you do want. The reason for this is that carrot and stick motivation promotes short-term tactical thinking over long term strategic thinking. However, […]
There are many things that fathers must do to raise happy and healthy children. One of which could easily own the label as both the hardest and easiest thing to do of them all. John Wooden sums this gift that all fathers must aspire to provide their children quite elegantly: The best thing a father […]