eventually come around and say something like, “Gee, I never looked
at it like that before.” All too often, these parental efforts simply lead
to the Talk-Persuade-Argue-Yell-Hit Syndrome.
What if you have children who always respond to words and
reasons? You are certainly lucky! Recent research has indicated that
there are exactly three such children in the country. If you have one or
more of them, you may not need this book. Or, if your kids stop
responding to logic, you can consider using the 1-2-3 program.
So what is the training method we’re talking about? We first have
to explain what it is not.
CHAPTER SUMMARY
What’s wrong with this picture?