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Dr. Kimberly Nix Berens On Behavioral Habits, How We Learn, & How To Utilize Discipline

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The Importance of Consistency in Parenting

Crying is reflexive at birth, which is why infants do it immediately when they're born. But quickly, crying becomes learned because it's followed by warmth and attention from a parent. The most powerful consequences from parents are often no consequence at all, which is ignoring. When you're filling your day with like a positive attention and positive reinforcement, the few moments where the, you know, not so pleasant behavior happens and you ignore it? That's a much more humane type of parenting.

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