Volume 14 Number 12
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Welcome
- Promoting Responsibility
- Increasing Effectiveness
- Improving Relationships
- Promoting Learning
- Parenting
- Discipline without Stress (DWS)
- Reviews and Testimonials
1. WELCOME
MONTHLY QUOTE:
My moods are my responsibility.
(Remember that the ONLY way to change an emotion is to redirect your thinking. Emotion ALWAYS follows cognition.)
2. PROMOTING RESPONSIBILITY
External motivators unfortunately are used extensively in schools and homes. These include telling young people what to do, threatening and punishing them, and rewarding them for things that they should do. These approaches teach young people OBEDIENCE. The shortcomings of obedience appear when teachers and parents are not around to use these EXTERNAL motivators.
The “Raise Responsibility System” focuses on internal motivation, which builds the vision