How to influence kids?

easy, kid’s want atention wether they know it or not, so give them atention every time they do good, like say they get a good grade at school:that’s wonderful!! let’s go out for pizza!! they’ll keep doing good when they see it pay’s.

Dear zstaciez, Parents are responsible for the influencing in the home. They have little control about what goes on when the child is out and about. The good news is, is that with proper influences in the home will give a child a great base and foundation to make the proper decisions while out and about. Parents sometimes overlook how they comment on their own bodies and looks. Many mother’s are very critical of themselves and this wil influence their children, comments on calorie intake, how clothes fit and look etc. etc. These seemingly harmless little comments have a huge impact on children. Sue…good luck

In the long run kids learn by example. Live a consciencious virtuous life and they will learn from it. Of course it takes years or decades for this kind of education to work so in the mean time you have to resort to positive reinforcement for good behavior and negative reinforcemtn for poor behavior.

I had role models my parents didn’t like but eventually kids sort things out for themselves. Don’t sweat it too much if your kid idolizes someone you don’t approve of.