Alison Curtis: Praising our children reaps benefits for us all

I think the majority of us fall into that trap of, while we are trying to keep everything afloat, we focus more on the negative behaviour

Each day we should be making a point of praising good behaviour

As parents we are continually trying to be balanced. If we have to “give out” to our kids, many of us try to remind ourselves to focus on praising them as well — to focus more on the positives than the negatives. But this isn’t always easy. In fact, it is usually a very difficult thing to maintain.

All our lives are pressurised. We have work to get done, we have had homeschooling for a year, we have homes to keep going, laundry to do, bills to manage and mouths to feed (several times a day.)