You Can Make a Positive Change Today  Wondering what you can do
to promote positive behavior in your family? Try looking for the
good and letting your children (or your spouse!) know you see
it.  Sometimes all the self-help books, suggestions from well-
meaning friends, and websites with good ideas are just too much.
You want to be a good parent, but you don't have time to read
every parenting book to find out how to make things smoother for
you and your kids. Fear not. There is something that doesn't
take a book, a workshop, or an appointment to make a positive
change in your parenting today. It's called positive amplifying
feedback and here's how it works.  Instead of noticing the
things that bug you about how your child is behaving, notice the
ones you like. Often we think we are positive parents. I did
until I took a couple days to keep an actual tally of the number
of things I said to my kids that were positive and negative. It
was a wake-up call. I found that there was more negative input
than positive.