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 EFFECTIVE PARENTING
Use my Smiley System to reinforce discipline and teach compliance and responsibility of children

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All Good Things Are Earned!
The Smiley System for Compliance and Responsibility Training for Children

The Smiley System is a simple to use token system Norma invented to reinforce discipline and teach accountability to children.

In the Smiley System parents reward desired child behaviors and chores with one, two, or three Smiley tokens. For misbehaviors, parents remove Smiley tokens from the board. After bedtime, the number of Smileys still on the board are written down. At the end of the week, children receive allowance money or privledges based on the total Smileys earned.

Norma's 64-page Handbook clearly explains how to start and maintain the Smiley System with answers for frequently asked questions. The kit includes all the supplies you need!

Grace, a Hong Kong mother, told Norma about her success after only a few weeks using the Smiley System Kit. She reported improvements in her son's independent living skills, following first requests, being on-task with home work completion, using more feeling words, making proper apologies, and accepting responsibility for misbehaviors. Needless to say, Grace was proud of these changes and her son was happier too. Read a description in Chinese of how Grace used the Smiley System Kit.

It Works!

• Teaches children “all good things are earned!” Every week on payday Smileys are converted to allowance or quality time with parents or special rewards.
• Effective with children ages 3 to 17+ and especially kids with ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder
• Handbook includes examples for giving and taking Smileys as well as answers to 21 frequent questions about how to use Smileys in different parenting situations
• Simple to use, win-win solution for both children and their parents and care givers
• Reinforces parenting roles and enhances the parent-child relationship
• Reinforces values like respect and honesty
• Allows parents to respond quickly to misbehavior
• Facilitates a proactive approach to discipline
• Provides a visual reminder for behavioral performance
• Develops a child’s good judgment and self-discipline by exercising choices
• Turns adversary positions into a win-win partnership
• Promote a child’s ability to delay gratification
• Provides a tangible framework for logical consequences
  

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Price
$32 plus shipping and handling. International shipping is available.

Kit includes: Smiley System Board, Smiley cutouts, a chore chart, name cards, no whining poster, weekly Smiley logs, and a 64-page Handbook.

19” x 25” sturdy, fold-out card stock with clear, vinyl pockets for displaying Smileys.

Includes all the supplies you need!

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