Encouraging good behaviour

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 One of the challenges we have been facing is getting our son to be cooperative, especially when we are in a hurry. Invariably, we sometimes get to the point where we end up telling up " You have to do this right now, or else...".  We don't like using this approach, but when we are stressed, and the child turns rebellious, I'm sure most parents end up getting into this mode. 


I finally have found great solution for this, which has been working quite well this past week. 

It is this wonderful book called "1800+ Reward Stickers - Ideal For Teachers And Parents". The book is filled with small stickers which say things like 'Awesome' , 'Excellent', 'Great job', 'Fantastic'.. It has some star stickers, some of animals etc. The sort that would appeal to any kid. 


So now, when we want him to do something, but he's not in the mood to cooperate, we try to tell him 'Do this like a superboy, and you will get a superboy sticker on your wrist once you are done ! ' 


Our son loves it ! If it is a task he particularly dislikes, we promise him 2 stickers ! 

How do I know it works? Of course he is visibly delighted, but there was a specific incident which made it clear. I've been struggling to get my son to play the keyboard for 5-10 minutes everyday. So I have been trying this approach. I told him ' You play these 4 songs well, and you will get a super-boy music sticker' ! It worked ! The second day, he actually came up to me and said ' Appa, I will play even better tomorrow' ! :) 


This is clearly not a fix-it all ! But is a surprisingly effective solution that I haven't seen parents use. 

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