What examples of positive and negative reinforcement could be used for 3 to 7 year olds?

Everyone likes to be praised and children are no different. When children display good behaviour, parents should acknowledge their actions by congratulating their children on their decisions. Such positive reinforcements allow children to connect that what they did has made their parents happy, and therefore was the correct choice.

For example, when a child tidies his toys away without being asked, having a parent say “Well done!” and giving him a cuddle will help him connect that putting toys away is a good decision. However, parents should not confuse positive reinforcement with bribery

When a child chooses to act inappropriately or misbehave, a parent should greet these behaviours with a negative attitude. For example, if a child chooses not to tidy his toys a parent might bring him back into the play room and tell him that tidying toys is important and that it is irresponsible to leave toys laying about.

However, parents should be sure to address the behaviour in negative terms, not the child. It is important that children do not feel that their parents believe that they are bad, irresponsible or stupid. Always addressing the behaviour, rather than the child, will help make this distinction. Parents should also be sure not to punish children.

Everyone at any age always need to be told that you are happy or proud of them. At 3 time outs in a chair away from the fun for a short time is all you can do. At 7 they know right and wrong somewhat take the toy or whatever they are having fun with. Exlain after the time out that they are a good kid but the behaviors they are doning is wrong. Never make the child feel bad just what they are doing, always explain why you did it and be consistant never let that behavior go again or it confusses them why they get in trouble doing the same thing only sometimes. Hardest and best thing rolled in one. good luck with things.

the first rule when it come to deturming rewards and punishments is knowing what the kid thinks is a reword and what is a punishment. things like fasel experesions in them selves do the trick. “Good job” or “well done” are over done, but you want comunate the same thing. If the room looks good, the kid just cleaned it up “wow that looks great”but don’t over do it. don’t give a lot of praise to a seven year old when he does some thing that a three year old should be just learning. There is a lot of diference in the ages, and a seven year old is uasly in a deferent congative develop stage, I don’t remember the names for them so you can’t make a hard and fast rule to cove this age span. At three you may still have to slap hands to keep them out of things, by six they should know better. My rules have always been this:one bad rule enforced is better then a hundrid good rules not enforced. never punish becuse they made you mad, what made you mad to day might not make you mad tomorrow, always “you broke the rule this is the results. Always make shure that they know what the rewords and punishment are for. You did this so you are getting a spanking, now why are you getting spanked?
Play acting some times helps, make out you are mad when you are not, It will make an impression, just make shure that they ger the message that it was their behavior that mad yo mad. You see that rule under wrighting gret answers about ranting and venting? apply it don’t lectur, they will shut it out after a while.

i’d try to start working on empathy and intrinsic motivation. let them know why something is good or bad. also try to change thing up, don’t rely on one reward or punishment to much, the idea is to associate positive with positive and negative with negative, not just a singular reward or punishment.