It’s time to settle the infamous debate on language development. Are you team Skinner or Chomsky? Or is there an alternative explanation?

What do we do as parents to squash curiosity in our children? Are there times where we should stop children in their tracks because after all curiosity kills the cat?

Join us as we discuss this quote from B.F. Skinner in Walden Two: “No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out.” How can we as parents and adults keep babies curious?

𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘊 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘑𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗈 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗍: "𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗇𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋"

Dr Murray Sidman published Coercion and its Fallout over 50 years ago, documenting the coercive control society has on its members. How do we, as parents, create coercive environments for our children and how do we lessen aversive control?

How we do or don’t address societal norms and expectations has a lasting effect on our children....does that equate to lying to them?

Behavior

Why do we do what we do?

Who knows?

Dr DoBetter and I will explore behavior regarding sleep, cancel culture, children, and any questions you have.

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