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I'm with singledad here... can't we all just get along? The token system that we use is relevant to our parenting because it is the same token system that we use in the real world (with some altruistic modifications). The kind of parenting that goes on in our house is not 1 dimensional. There...

Thanks for your input piano lover. Children have no concrete way of understanding what it takes to understand the efforts that go into raising a family. They find out like most of us did and that is when the rubber hits the road and we start having families of our own (with sometimes disastrous...

Is the parent also "saving" some "token" to allow them to watch TV? And if they do (which I highly doubt), what meaning doe sit has for the child anyway, since they hold the "bank"? We actually participate in this system as well. It helps us to get our own work done and stay focused on making...

Again, thanks for taking the time to respond. I can see that you're entirely unsatisfied with this idea. Many of these systems are born of a parents desire to encourage a pragmatic 'the kids need to pull their weight around the house' approach. So what do you make of home organisation...

Thanks for your response. There are certainly some valid points that you raise here. We hoped the buttons would teach our kids that there is a cost involved in watching TV or spending too much time engaging in these kinds of activities. I have noticed very positive results coming from our...

Sorry if I've offended you. Certainly wasn't expecting such a negative response but there you go. Besides reading a book to find out why this system is problematic, can you explain to me what you think the problem with it might be. I'm no different to any other parent here trying to find a good...

Hi all, I have 2 kids and I'm fairly new to this parenting forum (although not new to parenting :D). Our kids are 8 and 6 so we have all those things like, homework, chores and TV that compete for our kids time and interest. We have recently started doing a system of reward/consequence that has...

We allow our kids to watch as much TV as they like! Ok... just kidding. We have a system in our house that we call 'the button economy' and a small part of it is 'Screen Time'. Essentially, it works by creating TV time as a base commodity on which we operate an economy. Once the kids complete a...

Our kids are pretty healthy. We (my wife mostly) makes sure the kids always have something interesting in their lunch boxes. Due to recent 'austerity measures' in our household we've had to lay off the 'bought snacks'. I like to bake and my wife is a good cook so we can combine forces to make...

I reckon you'd do well to look at diet. My son seemed to have more frequent bed wetting episodes when we weren't careful about the kinds of food and drink that he had. Sometimes a food chemical elimination diet can identify foods to avoid for these kinds of things. Kids seem to grow out of these...

Just thought I'd drop by a get a few ideas and contribute where possible. I'm the father of 2 kids, pigeon pair - both are pretty well behaved generally. Cheers, Apochimongitus.

From what I've seen on the Telly (and I know that is not exactly a clear picture of the pageant industry) many of the Mums were pageant girls themselves and seem to believe it to be a necessary part of their daughter's life. I find it disturbing some of the songs that get sung by these children...