Positive Parenting

Went to a great talk by Jim Wiltens about positive parenting.  The idea is that you need to focus on the the things that kids do correctly to let them know that they are making progress.  You do this by catching them in the act of being good kids.  "I saw that you helped your sister put the blocks away."  This is not comfortable at first. My daughter called me on it, she said, "How come you always tell me things that I am doing?"  My answer was "because I want you to know that I recognize when you do things well".