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[quote=Anonymous]A lot! Especially when there used to be the list serve and I read the digest almost daily. I saved a lot of those emails.

When my kids were very young, I learned a lot of really great parenting advice/resources/books. One thing that was really helpful when potty training was the idea of rewarding every 10 (or however many) times a child is willing to sit on a potty with access to a special toy, not a new trinket each time. So for example, I only rewarded when my daughter was willing to sit on the potty, not what she did when she was there. And instead of earning candy or junky toys, I bought one special toy (in this case a mermaid costume) that she got to wear for a set amount of time, then we put away until the next period. I also read a good potty training book (which basically put kids in 4 or 5 different personality groups so you realized what would work for your child, and that some kids will just be easier to potty train than others) but earning access to one special reward was really creative and unique. In general, we didn't do much sticker-chart-reward stuff, but with potty training, I really liked this approach.

Also, 10 years ago, someone posted a link to that New York magazine article that discussed praising effort vs. praising outcomes, explained the marshmallow test (that I had never heard of at that point) and generally set me on a path to think about all the little things that I did and wonder if that was good for the long term (did a child really "do a good job" when she went down the slide for the 100th time that day?!)

So many smart people take the time to post helpful, interesting info and links.

And then, there is the private school forum........ but my thoughts on that topic are probably best left for another thread...[/quote]

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