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“Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”

Children Cry Behavior Negative Reinforcement Fussing Positive Reinforcement Negative Behavior

Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

“It no longer makes sense to speak of "feeding problems" or "sleep problems" or "negative behavior" is if they were distinct categories, but to speak of "problems of development" and to search for the meaning of feeding and sleep disturbances or behavior disorders in the developmental phase which has produced them.”

Ifs Problem Speak Sleep Development Behavior Negative Make Sense Categories Disorder Phases Feeding Disturbance Developmental Negative Behavior

Book:The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

Source: The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

“If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants to reveal to us - possibilities that would offer stimulation plus real security in service. But we feel too unworthy. So one layer of negative behavior is laid upon another until we emerge as rebellious sinners. But our rebellion is a reaction, not our nature. By nature we are fearful, not bad.”

“Don't confuse acceptance with being a naïve or weak person. Acceptance does not mean condoning negative behavior, staying in a bad situation, or not working to improve our life and the world.”

World Mean Persons Doe Situation Our Lives Acceptance Behavior Negative Weak Staying Bad Situations Negative Behavior

Author:Lee L Jampolsky

“The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior-or lack of integrity-a person exhibits is directly proportional to their amount of pain.”

Persons Inspiration Pain Amount Integrity Behavior Negative Distance Obedience Exhibits Lack Of Integrity Negative Behavior

Author:Tara Leigh Cobble

“People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.”

People Trying Hard Letting Go Behavior Negative Addiction Negative Thoughts Short Time Hard To Let Go Negative Behavior

Author:Byron Katie

“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”

Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

“Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.”

Behavior Negative Criticism Block Reinforcement Positive Reinforcement Negative Behavior

Author:Virginia H. Pearce

“I don't believe in waiting for a horse to do the wrong thing and then punishing him after the fact. You can't just say no to a horse. You have to redirect a negative behavior with a positive one, something that works for both of you. It's as though you're saying - instead of doing that, we can do this together.”

Believe Facts Together Waiting Can Do Behavior Negative Horse Don't Believe Wrong Things Just Say No Negative Behavior

Author:Buck Brannaman