Praise Magnet
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Praise
Praise can be a powerful tool in changing negative behaviors into positive ones. We are asking parents, teachers, caregivers, and anyone involved in the life of a child to help build up the praise for our kids.
Featured Praise Content
Q&A on Praise at Every Age
Q. I want to reward my daughter for her good behavior, but money is tight. What can I do?
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Accentuate the Positive: Using Praise to Change Children’s Negative Behavior | Article
The following is a Q&A with Boys Town Behavioral expert, Dr. Patricia Gisbert, on some of the most common questions parents have about using praise with their younger children.
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The Power of Praising Teenagers | Blog
Discover the transformative power of praise in your relationship with teenagers. Learn how to engage effectively and foster trust through meaningful conversations.
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Teaching Love with Praise-lets
Discover how Praise-lets can transform your parenting approach by emphasizing positive behaviors. Learn effective strategies to foster a loving environment for your children.
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Joy Cards & Job Cards
Discover the power of Joy Cards and Job Cards to enhance your parenting. These tools help children learn about consequences and responsibilities through engaging activities.
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#PraiseItOn
We are launching a new movement. Well, it’s not a movement yet, but with your help, maybe it can be.
Let’s focus on what others are doing RIGHT. Together, we can transform the social conversation into one that is positive and helpful.
It’s Simple:
- If you are on social media, tag someone in a post. It can be someone you know or someone you don’t know.
- Praise them for something you appreciate about them or something good you see them doing.
- Ask them to #PraiseItOn. Be sure to include the hashtag.
- Repeat this process five times, or as many times as you’d like, so we can get this to catch on and spread.
Together, we CAN change the online and personal environments we live in. It can start today with just a little positive praise. #PraiseItOn
Teach Your Kids to Be Kind to Others
Start a “Kindness Conversation” in your family today! We’ve put together this special eBook, Teaching Kindness at Home, that you can use at home to encourage and reinforce healthy values like tolerance, forgiveness, generosity and compassion.
Teaching children how to be kind and respectful will help them grow into better people and can lead them to happier, more fulfilling relationships with others. So get the conversation started today.
Teach Your Kids to Be Kind to Themselves
Does your child know what it means to have self-compassion? It’s a concept that often gets confused with self-esteem.
Self-compassion is having the ability to treat yourself like you would treat a best friend. It’s understanding that a bad choice doesn’t make you a bad person. It’s taking the Golden Rule and using it on yourself.
That may sound simple enough, but it’s never easy to be self-forgiving or resilient when times are tough and failure knocks you down.
Fortunately, just as you can teach children to be kind to others, you can empower them to be kind to themselves. A great place to start is by sharing these self-help tools.
24/7 Hotline
It’s OK to ask for help. Add 800-448-3000 to your child’s contacts. Let them know to call if they are ever feeling down or need someone to talk to.
Taking Care of You
Remind your child to take a moment to stop and think about what they need to perform at their very best. These 9 steps will help improve well-being and self-esteem.
101 Positive Things
What we think in our minds will eventually become what we believe. This is why it’s so important for your child to start saying and thinking positive things about themselves.
Popular Praise Downloads
Catch Kids Being Good: Praise and the Praise Box
The following is a Q&A with Boys Town behavioral expert on praise and how to use it with the Praise Box.
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Finding Positive Behaviors to Praise – Even When They’re Hard to See
Discover effective strategies to praise your children for positive behaviors, even when they are hard to see. Learn how to create a nurturing environment that encourages good behavior.
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