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Accentuate the Positive: Using Praise to Change Children's Negative Behavior
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.
Q: What is Praise?
A: More than anything else, children want and need the attention of their parents and they will do anything to get it. Praise is the positive attention and approval children crave from their parents. Unfortunately, we often tend to give children negative attention only when they are doing s
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Sep 29th 2025