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I agree with you, but what alternatives does that leave us with?

Economic or "jail" punishments aren't suitable in many cases when it comes to kids.




To answer your question, in some training/reinforcement circles, the answer to the question of what to do when what behavior you are seeking doesn't occur is nothing at all.

You might be interested in checking out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement

It covers the types of operant conditioning with definitions. From this article, you can blast off into tons of reading. Read carefully - these are holy topics to some writers and they will carefully shape their message to support their viewpoints.


I'm not entirely sure how that relates to the grandparent's comment about treating children like adults. ;)




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