Comments on: 10 Ways To Encourage Your Child

By: CugglesKids

CugglesKids — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:52 +0000

I totally agree with the directed encouragement theory, I just didn’t know the term for it! I saw a great documentary about this recently. I found it fascinating and have been trying to use this type of language with my (almost) 2 year old but didn’t know where to find more information. I’m now off to read the article you flagged as, thanks for including a link back to this post.

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Encouraging Children To Dress Independently | Planning With Kids — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:27:45 +0000

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Toliet Training Time | Planning With Kids — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:02:34 +0000

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