I have compiled my series of stories related to the problems with using punishment to change behaviour.
Note: When I use the term punishment, I mean anything that the recipient perceives to be unpleasant, it is not just physical punishment.
The Thesis: Punishment Does Not Work
Our modern conceptualization of punishment, which we now call “consequences” because we think that sounds nicer, is ineffective.
If you dole out punishment, the behaviour doesn’t change and repeats itself, then you punish the child yet again… then what are they learning? Not what you want them to, that’s for sure.
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