Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
#FamiliesUnderPressure has been created by the NHS and King's College London to help families struggling during #COVID19. The tips are based on decades of research and rooted in the experience of NHS teams.
In this video we share tips on how to promote good behaviour.
How do you promote good behaviour? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Credits:
These tips have been formulated by Professor Andrea Danese and colleagues at the Maudsley CAMHS Trauma, Anxiety and Depression clinic. They are drawn from Cognitive Behavioural-Therapy (CBT) principles used to help young people who experience anxiety or depression.
Narrated by Jessica Ennis-Hill
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Being smart about how you use rewards can really encourage children to behave better. Selectively using rewards can encourage better behaviour in children and help them to follow agreed house rules.
Consequences influence behaviour – if someone gives us something we like, a reward, when we behave in a certain way then we are more likely to behave in that way again.
Parents can use rewards in this way to improve their children’s behaviour and the extent to which they will follow the house rules that have been agreed.
To do this parents should be –
Relevant – give rewards that the child really values – agree what these are with your child.
Realistic – don’t give rewards that are too large or disruptive to the rest of the household.
Fair – use similar reward systems for the different children in your family.
selective – only give rewards when your child behaves in the way you are trying to encourage.
Consistent – always give rewards when the behaviour you’re trying to encourage happens.
Clear – make sure your child understands what you are rewarding.
Timely – give the reward as soon after the behaviour you are trying to encourage happens.
“As good as their word” – always follow through on a reward that you promise.
Rewards can be used to encourage effort – so that you encourage trying to follow the rules as well as succeeding.
Parents should work together as a team – so that both parents (if there are two) are using the same reward system in the same way.
It can be very motivating if rewards are recorded on a chart which is displayed publicly.
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#FamiliesUnderPressure has been created by the NHS and King's College London to help families struggling during #COVID19. The tips are based on decades of research and rooted in the experience of NHS teams.
In this video we share tips on how to promote good behaviour.
How do you promote good behaviour? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Credits:
These tips have been formulated by Professor Andrea Danese and colleagues at the Maudsley CAMHS Trauma, Anxiety and Depression clinic. They are drawn from Cognitive Behavioural-Therapy (CBT) principles used to help young people who experience anxiety or depression.
Narrated by Jessica Ennis-Hill
More about this video
Being smart about how you use rewards can really encourage children to behave better. Selectively using rewards can encourage better behaviour in children and help them to follow agreed house rules.
Consequences influence behaviour – if someone gives us something we like, a reward, when we behave in a certain way then we are more likely to behave in that way again.
Parents can use rewards in this way to improve their children’s behaviour and the extent to which they will follow the house rules that have been agreed.
To do this parents should be –
Relevant – give rewards that the child really values – agree what these are with your child.
Realistic – don’t give rewards that are too large or disruptive to the rest of the household.
Fair – use similar reward systems for the different children in your family.
selective – only give rewards when your child behaves in the way you are trying to encourage.
Consistent – always give rewards when the behaviour you’re trying to encourage happens.
Clear – make sure your child understands what you are rewarding.
Timely – give the reward as soon after the behaviour you are trying to encourage happens.
“As good as their word” – always follow through on a reward that you promise.
Rewards can be used to encourage effort – so that you encourage trying to follow the rules as well as succeeding.
Parents should work together as a team – so that both parents (if there are two) are using the same reward system in the same way.
It can be very motivating if rewards are recorded on a chart which is displayed publicly.
Watch more tips on the Mumsnet YouTube channel or visit the Families Under Pressure website here ibit.ly/3vaS
Like this? Subscribe to the YouTube channel for more Mumsnet content.
http://tiny.mn/1k47ooT
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