Positive guidance is a process of guiding children to develop healthy self-esteem, respect for themselves and others, and skills to manage an array of potential stressors. A positive approach includes considering the reasons for children’s challenging behaviour, not just looking at the behaviour itself. This is the difference between behaviour management strategies and positive guidance.  Behaviour management is telling us we need to manage a behaviour. Positive guidance, based on positive mutually respectful relationships between adults and children, is most likely to influence behaviour in constructive ways.