Recognizing Good Behavior Tops Dr. Alan Kazdin's List of Parenting 'Dos' By SYLVIA JOHNSON Sept. 15, 2009 — Dr. Alan Kazdin of Yale University Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic offers 10 tips for dealing with defiant children. All of the following tips are based on this simple principle: Attention to bad behavior increases bad behavior (yelling, lecturing, scolding, spanking and punishing are all forms of negative attention), while attention to good behavior increases