Of late, parenting has become tougher and the reason behind it is not just the kids but the parents too. Work pressures, lack of patience, relationship problems etc have a direct impact on the way you interact with your kid. An honest introspect may divulge finer nuances on these lines. A change is surely needed from your side to actually witness a change from your kid’s side! Bringing up a child is a sensitive, complex yet a heavenly endeavor. Behavioral difficulties are one of the most commonly heard of setbacks from parents round the world. In U.K there’s even a T.V show called ‘Little Angels’ designed to aid and advice parents with similar difficulties.

Are you a positive parent? When was the last time you gave your kid something he or she hadn’t expected, appreciating his or her deed? When was the last time you punished him or her? The answers for the first two must have made you think, but the last one was just some hours or a couple of days ago, I bet on that! Punishing helps initially, but when done over and over again it gradually develops a ‘counter force’ in your kid and the kid finds other ways to do things what he/she would be punished for or develops characteristics of an introvert or just loses an emotional connect with you for a simple reason that the kid fears you now!

Positive parenting stresses on the kids reward system rather than the system of punishing. Motivation for good deeds will surely lessen the ‘other’ deeds of the kid and make the kid voluntarily focus on the ‘good’ deeds. Self-discipline and voluntary responsibility are the two fruits of the kids reward system and thus, positive parenting.

The reward can be a simple ‘favorite toffee’ or en extra hour of T.V, but to make things simpler for the busy parent there are many websites offering online kids reward programme. These assign fun-filled yet interactive and educative tasks to kids and he kids earn points in return, which can be redeemed to obtain goodies. Enroll on to an online kids reward programme to get away all the parenting blues!