In your first sentence lies the very problem in this issue... -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:35 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Watch out. The fat police are on patrol again.
Any competent parent would do just the opposite. If my child was having a temper fit and demanding a Happy Meal, that is the last thing I would buy them. Reinforcing bad behavior is not the way to raise a child. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's the reinforcement relief. Parents are more likely to buy a > happy meal in the future if it stops the kid from punishing them by > having temper tantrums, crying, screaming etc. Again the result is > more profits for McDonald's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321812 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
