The Power of a Parent's attention

Today's video clips were great for showing how powerful the positive and negative attention we give our children can be.   Children can show a range of behaviours which can be strengthened when they receive either a positive or an angry reaction from parents.  We talked today about how to withdraw your attention when behaviour emerges that you do not want to see, how to redirect the child into another activity, and how to return positive attention when they begin to behave well again.