Greater Good - The Science of a Meaningful Life

Trying to get into some new habits in this New Year?  Here is a “game changer in our arsenal of parenting tools,” as Lindsay calls it: how to ask your kids to do something in a way that increases the odds that they’ll actually LISTEN.

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Making New Year’s Resolutions? If you watched the last video, you know why we don’t want to set up a reward system to get kids to turn over a new leaf. Here are some ways to motivate kids that won’t back-fire in the long run.

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“If you empty the dishwasher right now, I’ll give you a dollar.” Does this sound familiar? We’ve all done it: offered our kids little bribes—and maybe even threatened to take away privileges—to get them to do what we’ve asked. Here’s why we might not want to do this, even if it works.

Special thanks to the Quality of Life Foundation, which made this series possible.

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a behind-the-scenes peek... J. Marsh