Psychological research shows that 80% of children using a structured approach to tracking behaviors and positive reinforcement achieve excellent results.

Children today often feel they deserve privileges without having to do anything to earn them. Kids demand that watching television is their right! When people get things without earning it, these benefits are called "entitlements." It's hard to get people to work when they are getting rewarded for doing nothing. Entitlements undermine the ability to teach accountability and responsibility. Children who get too many entitlements don't receive the boost in self-esteem derived from working hard and being rewarded. On the most basic level, children need only shelter, food, and love. Everything can be considered a privilege that needs to be earned. When their environment reinforces these undesirable habits (such as not cleaning up, being wasteful, or not wanting to do homework or chores) become common in most families. You must take away entitlements in order to teach the children to be self-reliant.

Why do children argue?
In a child's mind engaging a parent in an argument appears to be a good tactic. On a sub-conscious level, the child has learned that arguing has occasionally gotten them what they wanted in the past and they think there's nothing to lose. Think of a roulette table where it cost's nothing to play. Even though a number comes up only once every thirty-six times, most children will keep trying to win at the parents' emotional expense. Another problem that arises when children argue persistently is that it can trigger the human "fight or flight" response. Chemical changes occur in the brain when we argue. Parents become emotional or irrational and often degenerate to childlike behaviors themselves. When parent's allow children to argue, it alters the power structure in the family and makes the problem worse. Sometimes children use arguing with their parents or siblings as a form of attention-seeking behavior. When children are not receiving enough positive attention, they will use negative attention to fill their need for love.

Why do children misbehave?
When things break down in the family, children often get confused about how a family is supposed to function. Confusion leads to frustration! Children begin to act out in disrespectful ways. Frustration and anxiety become ever present feelings that can lead to further negative behaviors like name calling, fighting, cursing, and poor school performance. Parents faced with this type of stress often come up with inappropriate punishments and rewards. In this highly emotional state, threats are often used, and some parents still resort to physical punishment, like spanking, in an attempt to invoke good behavior. Physical punishment or verbal abuse spoils the nurturing environment that children need to develop into successful adults. It has been shown that negative disciplining can cause an emotional burden that is carried throughout life and very likely can be passed down to the next generation.

Is there something medically wrong with my child? Struggling children are being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD every day at alarming rates. Often poor social skills or attention problems will first show up in the school environment. Like most parents a dreaded call from a teacher may be their first indication of a problem. A child's trouble with attention deficit or hyperactivity may simply be the result of experiencing too much stress or anxiety on a daily basis. Their home environment may not be providing the structure and support they need. In many of these children, medicines are prescribed that could be reduced or discontinued all together by applying core parenting fundamentals.

How is EasyChild Received by Children?
A child may be resistant in the beginning. Within a few weeks their perspective changes from thinking in terms of entitlements to thinking in terms of earning their privileges. Once this shift in thinking happens, children begin feeling empowered and start looking for ways to earn their desired privileges as the weekend approaches.

Many children, once they become accustomed to the system, actually enjoy "working the system" and will work hard for additional privileges. Some even see it as a competition or challenge.