Encouraging positive behaviors in kids without enabling

As parents in the modern age; we want to undo a lot of the things that didn’t serve us as children and sometimes in our attempts to do better we can swing completely in the other direction and over-validate our children and enable undesired behaviors rather than encourage positive ones. I welcome Zack Kasabo who is a certified school counselor and parent coach. 

We discuss: 

• What enabling of behaviors actually means 
• Why children are learning “learned helplessness” 
• What corrective validation is and how to use it

To connect with Zack Kasabo follow him on Instagram @mybehaviorguide and check out all his resources at https://coachkasabo.info/.

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