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Why Sticker Charts Are Ruining Your Kid (The Science Behind Behavior Rewards)

Your five-year-old gets a sticker for cleaning up toys. Now they won't clean unless there's a reward. Sound familiar? In this episode, Alex Romano reveals why traditional parenting tools like time-outs and sticker charts might be doing more harm than good, training kids to behave only for external rewards instead of developing real emotional skills. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why reward systems can reduce intrinsic motivation by up to 40% (and what to do instead) • The hidden stress hormone spike that happens during time-outs and why it backfires • How kids as young as 2 can actually learn…

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