“Why should I praise, compliment kids or students for things they should be doing anyway?”
My experience is that when someone says that or asks that, they—themselves—are feeling terribly un-praised and under appreciated for what they do in life. The comment really means, “I am unappreciated, so why should I appreciate others?” I don’t attack people for this blinded comment about themselves, nor do I try to argue back from the mountains of evidence showing that all living humans need this. The comment arises from a wound, and the wound needs a healing. How can one do that? Here are two examples: I’ve modeled for PAX Partner Coaches (people who help implement the PAX Good Behavior…
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