How to Train Your Kids to Use Clickers

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I remember teaching my daughter how to use the baby gate at one point because we had a dog and I did want the gate there for the dog, but she was old enough where I wanted her to be able to open the gate. So it's not just that they want something or they want attention. They're actually trying to relieve some negative state. And those rewards in this case were just saying, oh, great job or, you know, communicating positivity.

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What is the Internal Family Systems model? What kinds of information do our emotions give us? How many agents live in our heads? And, if there's more than one, how well do those agents cooperate? What is operant conditioning? What is attachment theory? How does parenting differ from animal training? Is decision theory able to unify many different psychological theories?

Divia Eden has always been interested in understanding how minds work, and she currently spends most of her time unschooling her three kids. You can find out more about her at becomingeden.com or follow her on Twitter at @diviacaroline.

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