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Why Rewarding your Kid for “Good” Behavior Stops Working

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September 22, 2021•0 min read

Rest in pieces, behavior chart. Thanks for destroying my kid…

Said every parent of a Highly Sensitive teen who wants to know ‘what’s in it for them’ when they need to clean the moldy dishes out of their room.

Tune in to learn WHY External rewards don’t teach your kid anything about managing their own behavior, and how it does more harm than good.

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I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

Megghan Thompson, LCPC, RPT-S

I help parents who are worried about managing their child’s explosive and out of control emotions to develop an individualized system to manage their kid’s explosive feelings when they don’t fit the examples in typical parenting books. I know you are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to stop scouring the internet for new strategies, throw out those traditional parenting books that don’t match your kid, and develop an individualized system to manage your kid’s explosive feelings.

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