Yesterday, at work, we had a Youth Development Inservice that focused part of the workshop on the harmful effects of praising youth. This concept was totally foreign to me, but really fascinating. Of course a lot of it depends on context. The research behind reasons not to praise children and youth is very interesting- but what a total change and different way of thinking from what most people are accustomed to! Thought I'd share...
http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/
http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm
What do you think?
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This is something we've discussed a lot in play therapy:: the difference between praise and encouragement/reinforcement. Children get in the habit of receiving praise and begin to expect it. But through encouragement and reinforcement, a child is rewarded for the actions and effort put in to getting to where he or she is. Praise is also something that is subjective-where as seeing the effort that a child is putting forth is a lot less subjective.
ReplyDeleteI do think it would be hard to not give a child praise, but perhaps more in moderation.
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