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Parents often offer prizes as a reward for good behavior. Some experts believe this leads to trouble while others believe incentives simply recognize achievement.

Sometimes children need an incentive to reinforce good behaviour or establish new habits. Here are some simple reward ideas.

Ten Steps to Effective Discipline, by Weiss and Wagner has the advice you need to set up an effective reward and penalty system for your child.

There are many methods for parents to use to create positive feelings and improve relationships between siblings.

The secret to motivating young children to help with household chores is to find a reward that will interest a child and work for each individual family.

This fascinating book presents convincing arguments against the use of punishment and rewards in parenting. Discusses alternatives to conventional discipline.

Set the stage with a non-distracting environment, daily planning, scheduled study time, sibling management, avoidance of co-dependency, and build-in rewards.

Some child development experts argue that reward charts focus on the reward and that routine charts focus on the development of daily life skills.

A brief look at this year's Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program for school-age children, including resources for parents.

Michigan families can learn to ski, snowboard or Nordic ski, plus get merchandise discounts with the McDonald's Discover Michigan Skiing program.

Parents often fall short when it comes to teaching kids how to handle money. Learn effective ways to instruct children about financial management.

Applebee's restaurant is known for their low cost meals and Happy Hour discount prices, so a memorable meal is still available on a tight budget.

Pop band, They Might Be Giants (TMBG), put out a children's CD/DVD that captures a fun way to learn the alphabet. The music will have parents and kids singing along.

Suggestions for keeping children busy during the holiday season are given.

Half of North American students will weigh too much by 2010 if present trends continue. What are some of the student issues when children are overweight?

Rewarding kids for achieving goals is part of learning. Here are some simple and inexpensive rewards to reinforce positive actions without encouraging materialism.

All parents understand that they need to teach their children about money, but in what kind of order should it be done?

Recent studies take a look at the long term effects of brother and sister relationships when being the "pretty one" and/or the "smart one" trumps being the first born.

Stages of development are different for every child, especially when it comes to discipline. Parents have the difficult job of discovering what techniques really work.

Tweens want things and they want to achieve tasks, but sometimes they just don't know how. Help your tween set and achieve goals by teaching them how to do it.

With a little planning and some great strategies, parents can avoid the dreaded supermarket tantrums thrown by their children.

Be a positive role model. If you're practicing healthy habits, it's a lot easier to convince children to do the same. Get the whole family active. Plan times for everyon

Responsibility is a favorite word in schools. Teachers fret over irresponsible students and reward responsible ones. How do children become responsible?