Comments on: How not to talk to your kids http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What I love and hate about Nurtureshock http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-127110 What I love and hate about Nurtureshock Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:10:19 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/#comment-127110 [...] Thinking About Children in the fall because once upon a time I wrote a tiny blog post about “praising the verb and not the noun” when talking to [...] [...] Thinking About Children in the fall because once upon a time I wrote a tiny blog post about “praising the verb and not the noun” when talking to [...]

]]> By: Thumbs up for High Five » RookieMoms Blog http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-108500 Thumbs up for High Five » RookieMoms Blog Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:49:32 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/#comment-108500 [...] magazine is good until age 5. And that also gives me a chance to 1) practice my restraint and 2) praise him for his efforts and not just his talents (the verb and not the [...] [...] magazine is good until age 5. And that also gives me a chance to 1) practice my restraint and 2) praise him for his efforts and not just his talents (the verb and not the [...]

]]> By: Mom101 http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-108499 Mom101 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:07:25 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/how-not-to-talk-to-your-kids/#comment-108499 A commenter on my site had a great pov: Praise the verb, not the noun. I think of psycho little league dads who only praise kids for winning and not for trying and that pretty much sums it up for me. A commenter on my site had a great pov: Praise the verb, not the noun.

I think of psycho little league dads who only praise kids for winning and not for trying and that pretty much sums it up for me.

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