I'm A Parenting Coach, Here's Why You Should 'Sportscast' To Your Kids

A parenting coach has recommended 'sportscasting' praise to kids. Here's what that means.If, like me, “good job!” is firmly embedded in your day-to-day language, a parenting coach has opened up about a relatively easy way to give kids varied praise on a daily basis. In a recent Instagram post, Dr Chelsey Hauge Zavaleta said “high quality praise” which feels “effusive and authentic” works best for children, and advised parents to focus on the things their child is working on when praising them.Research has found children who are praised at least five times a day by their parents “are better behaved, calmer and less inattentive than those who are not”.“High quality praise is focused on process, not product,” she added, before suggesting an easy way to increase praise is with something called sportscasting.What is sportscasting?This is where you narrate and label everything your child does well throughout the day.“You will retrain your focus to all the places your child is rocking it. And you will make sure your child feels the shift,” the parenting coach said on Instagram.This technique is most effective for delivering praise to younger children, such as nursery and primary school-aged children, according to Headspace.In a segment on sportscasting for parents, a Headspace expert said: “It’s simply commenting on what is happening right in front of you. Imagine sitting at the table with your child as they colour. That’s a moment to just announce what’s happening: ‘Wow you’re really focusing on colouring there. Look at how much attention you are paying.’“I didn’t have to use a lot of superfluous praise, I didn’t have to talk for a while, I simply just announced what I saw.”Sportscasting helps to show children you’re noticing and taking an interest in their efforts. Why should you focus on a child’s effort?A review of studies found praising a child’s intelligence has more negative consequences for their achievement motivation than praise for effort.Fifth graders (10-11 year-olds) praised for intelligence were found to care more about performance goals relative to learning goals than children praised for effort.When these children failed, they displayed less task persistence, less task enjoyment, more low-ability attributions, and worse task performance than children praised for effort.What’s more, children praised for intelligence described it as a fixed trait more than children praised for hard work, who considered it subject to improvement.A Stanford study of toddlers found praising effort, not talent, led to greater motivation and more positive attitudes towards challenges later in life. Clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado previously shared an Instagram post about how parents can offer praise without even thinking sometimes, and that can be a problem.“Praise is most effective when it is specific and focused on what a child has done,” she wrote in the caption for the post. “‘Well done’ sometimes rolls off the tongue so fast you may miss the effort your child has put into something.”Noted.Related...I'm A Parenting Coach – If Kids Are Rude, Try This 2-Word Response'There's No Right Or Wrong Way': Joe Swash Is Trying To Figure Out Parenting Just Like YouTherapists Swear By This Parenting Trick For 'Rude' Or 'Angry' Kids

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