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Praising Your Children the Right Way

Praising Your Children the Right Way

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Rene Hackney
Parenting Playgroups
www.parentingplaygroups.com  
(703)922-0044

Originally a full-time preschool teacher, Dr. Rene Hackney now holds a Master?s in school psychology and a PhD. in developmental psychology from George Mason University. She trained at the Developmental Clinic at Children?s National Medical Center and for the public schools, teaching in parenting programs at each. She has also acted as a consultant to several area preschools.

For the last four years, Dr. Hackney has owned and lectured for Parenting Playgroups, Inc, a parenting resource center and preschool classroom in Alexandria Virginia. She has offered workshops to a wide

range of parent, teacher and social work groups during this time.

Workshop topics include eight hours on positive discipline techniques, five hours on early academic issues and common issues such as sibling rivalry and potty training. All workshops provide well researched lecture, in-class practice and open discussion time. Additionally she hosts a monthly parenting focused book club and fun play programs to introduce the preschool setting to young families.

Dr. Hackney is married and has two young children of her own.

Praising Your Children the Right Way

In this video, parenting educator Dr. Rene Hackney describes the differences between evaluative and descriptive praise and the related impact on children. Descriptive Praise is considered a proactive discipline technique, used to reinforce children's positive behaviors. Many examples of this language are provided.

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I am Dr. Rene Hackney; I have a Masters in school psychology and a PhD. in developmental psychology. For the last four years, I have own and taught at Parenting Playgroups which is Parent Resource Center. I also trained at children s hospital and for the public schools.

Today we are going to be talking about different types of praise. We are going to cover what is evaluative praise and how it tends to be problematic, we will also talk about descriptive praise and how that tends to work better in the parenting relationship.

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