Comments on: The Negative Reinforcement Spiral http://childpsychmom.com/the-negative-reinforcement-spiral/ Practical Parenting Solutions by Dr. Polly Dunn Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: crm http://childpsychmom.com/the-negative-reinforcement-spiral/#comment-5950 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:29:57 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=503#comment-5950 negative reinforcement is not the same thing as punishment

]]> By: jacqueline http://childpsychmom.com/the-negative-reinforcement-spiral/#comment-3258 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:20:01 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=503#comment-3258 I would really like for it to be better known that negative reinforcement also acts on the parent. For example, when a child is making a noise, and the parent punishes, causing the cessation of the noise, negative reinforcement is operating on the parent to make them more likely to punish next time. It is not at all certain that this so-called “punishment” is doing anything but giving the kid attention for the behavior, maybe even rewarding him/her. The dangerous thing is that the parent punishes more and more, getting into a spiral potentially leading to abuse. The whole cycle of misbehavior and punishment is getting rewarded on both sides through exciting drama.

If there were more attention given to non-dramatic “redirect” strategies when a kid is misbehaving, I feel that it would be a good public service. Also, getting the attention and excitement going in positive ways such as family games or creative expression, so kids and parents aren’t acting out for attention.

]]> By: Confessions Of An Accidental Reinforcer | Less Than Perfect Parents http://childpsychmom.com/the-negative-reinforcement-spiral/#comment-2739 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:03:19 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=503#comment-2739 [...] attention to?  I’d love to hear from you!  And if you’d like to learn more, check out The Negative Reinforcement Spiral for more of my reinforcement tips and tricks. Filed Under: Children, Family, Family and [...]

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