In my work as ambulantory companion I regularly work with reward systems. I wanted to introduce it at home. Fortunately it’s not necessary that often, but when I hear I am grumbling all day, it’s good to give a positive twist to it. With reward systems you can turn something negative into something positive. Just think about it, it’s always nice to get a compliment, but it’s even better to earn one. Think about a bonus at work, a competition you win,  a tip or something extra from a customer. It works just the same with children. Sometimes a reward system can change trying to get negative attention into positive. The reward system will have to be temporary, let’s say a couple of weeks, otherwise children will start to depend on it. At Uitgeverij Stam, familiar to me from my work at school, you can now order nice reward stickers and cards as parents, to use at home. Useful! Kids love it, stickers and images. Especially when they are young, a sticker really means something. It really helped teaching our daughter not to get up extremely early. We used the reward card with stickers and she got the motivation to first look at her clock and than wake us up after 07.30. Nowadays we don’t need the stickers anymore, but we are holding on to them for a while, because you never know when we need them again.  
During the christmas holiday, everyone probably had some grumpy moments, with your kids around all the time. It’s time to start the new year being consistent, teaching the kids to behave and stop grumbling. You can order a reward package at Uitgeverij Stam it’s easy and not expensive. But… we have 2 sets to give away! If you would like to win this, please answer the following question: What is the main color of the thick thumbs card? Please fill out this form. And who knows! You might receive one of those really handy sets of reward cards! You have until January 30, 2011.
