Research abstract

Parenting Styles

Does your child run ahead in Target when told not to? Use front-end thinking and over time, the child will usually learn to do better on their own. By Richard Selznick, Ph.D.

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Front-end thinking (considering the odds of a given event or behavior occurring) helps you to anticipate and put strategies in place before the behavior occurs. This is not fool-proof and it does not mean that all negative behavior will be eliminated, but the odds of occurring will be greatly reduced.

Key takeaways

  1. There are two different types of parenting. Reactive parenting and proactive/strategic approach.
  2. Considering the odds of a given event occurring, front-end thinking helps you to anticipate and put strategies in place before it begins.
  3. The child will begin to anticipate better on their own, which is the ultimate goal of self-regulation.

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