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Children must learn that good behavior is its own reward
Parenting Advice
John Rosemond Color
John Rosemond
Q: My husband sometimes gives our very stubborn 7-year-old daughter "prizes" for doing what she is told. The other night, for example, Juliette didn’t like what I chose for her to wear the next day to school and threw a mega-tantrum. I didn’t give in, but the next morning, she came downstairs saying she looked stupid and began weeping piteously, which never fails to tug at my husband’s heartstrings.
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