A professor of educational psychology explains what and what not to do.
Parents who want their kids to be more creative may be tempted to enroll them in arts classes or splurge on STEM-themed toys. Those things certainly can help, but as a professor of educational psychology who has written extensively about creativity, I can draw on more than 70 years of creativity research to make additional suggestions that are more likely to be effective – and won’t break your budget.
1. Be cautious with rewards
Prompting
Posted: October 03, 2021
How can you set your child up for daily success? One of the most effective ways to do this is to focus on prompting instead of punishment. Here’s what you need about prompting your child toward good behavior and decisions:
1. Friendly Competition
One of the ways to prompt your child toward good behavior is to create a simple competition where you dare them to turn a negative behavior to a positive one. If your child is fidgety and doesn’t sit still or tends to be disruptive, for instance, create a friendly competition or prompt that steers them to better behavior.
Tuning into Teens’ Emotional Shifts
Posted: April 15, 2021
Should I Worry?
Tuning into Teens’ Emotional Shifts
Get in the Drivers Seat and BE DRIVEN!
Posted: February 25, 2021
What Does It Mean to "Be Driven”?
Who can guess what our blog theme is for this month? That’s right, it’s Be Driven.
Spread some CHEER this Holiday Season!
Posted: December 16, 2020
Being cheerful is all about looking for the good in everything. It’s about being noticeably happy, bright, and pleasant to be around. Simply put… being cheerful is all about mindset and how one chooses to feel. Cheerfulness also had an amazing quality to it. It spreads like wildfire to others when they see it and will almost instantly become happier as a result. There are things, however, you need to avoid in order to be more cheerful. Let’s go over 4 of the most important ones now.
1. Negative Self-Talk: Be sure to build yourself up rather than tearing yourself down. Remember that you do more things right than wrong on a daily basis.
2. Perfectionism: Remember that progress is always more important than perfection and you never fail at anything if you learn something from it.