Not respectful, helpful, or gentle
The entire point of something like this is to "motivate" kids by having their score posted publicly. This is the definition of shame. It reduces children to their behavior and is even more problematic with the early childhood years (7 and under) because their behavior is even less in their control and more based on other factors.<br /><br />It is entirely possible to correct behavior and address issues without posting an arbitrary behavior score to the entire class. Even for the children who seem to be happy with these charts and do well with them can become preocupied with their score and form opinions on their classmates based on the chart and not their actual experiences with them.<br />The same goes for behavior based charts at home. Even without a classroom of kids, your child gets the message that mom likes them when they are good and doesn't when they don't do the right thing. They get preoccupied with the chart and performing for the parent and don't truly internalize the "why" behind what the chart is trying to get them to do. You don't need to be in public to feel shamed.  Even without intentionally shaming it happens.<br /><br />This type of chart was used in a work place with ADULTS during training, and it turns out that adults absolutely hate this public display of behavior. It resulted in anxiety, disengagement, fear, resentment, and embarrassment. If adults don't like these tools, how do you think kids feel?<br /><br />We all do the best we know at the time, and life is a continual learning process. There are 100% better ways to teach and parent than this and intrinsically motivate kids.<br /><br />(A visual routine chart where kids know what is coming next is something else entirely and those are very helpful.)
Rating: 1 stars