Friend: What I don’t understand are all the women who kill their babies even though they are healthy…wait a minute. What are we calling infanticide again?V: It’s PC to call it ‘SIDS’ now.
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She has four more methods outlined.
It’s far easier to shape good behavior than it is to manage bad behavior. If you want well behaved children, you’ve got to reward them when they’re behaving correctly. And yes, sometimes that means you have to reward behaviors such as ‘not fighting’ or ‘being quiet.’
It must have been the Airborne.
I’ve said this before, but humans need pain to appreciate life. People need contrast. Without it, it is impossible to truly recognize happiness when we experience it.
An important thing to consider when you’re shaping good behavior is that it works best when the person doesn’t realize you’re doing it. This is just as true whether you’re shaping behavior in a 6 year old child or a 43 year old man.
So if you only get your kids every other weekend, you’re pretty much screwed.
If you don’t accept this now, you’ll likely spend the next 2 decades contemplating driving your car into a goddamn tree.
She said a screenful there.
Violent Acres: Manners and More SIDS
VA was joking on the earlier post about SIDS. I’m glad I wasn’t alone in not getting the joke. She elaborates today.