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Thoughts - Reinforcing bad behaviour

The_Upgrade's picture

Has anyone ever compared toxic BMs/skids to animals? I think of my lot as hyenas sitting beyond the house boundaries waiting for a sign of weakness. When they start cackling and circling do you feed it or hurl a rock at it? DH sometimes regresses and feeds. There's signs at the wildlife parks to not feed the animals for this very reason. They're wild unpredictable beasts and feeding them will only serve to reinforce their belief that you're a source of food. And when you have no food, they'll attack.

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Kes's picture

Over the years I have tried to explain to DH about not reinforcing/rewarding bad behaviour - he does finally seem to understand this but still does it occasionally!  As to your hyena metaphor - yes, I get it.