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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (72678)8/20/2003 6:23:09 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
But other children have, I think, the right to response with taunting and names as well as with refusal to play with the child, so that the child will learn that there is a peer group social cost, as well as an adult social cost, to such behavior.

I agree with the value of exercising peer pressure on the child. But taunting is not the right way to go about it. Refusing to play with the child until the child eschews cheating works for me. Name-calling, even something as tame as "cheater" or "liar," can become a habit leading to some of the uncivil and non-constructive behavior we see in society, perhaps eventually to violence. I imagine many of the jerks on SI started out yelling "pants on fire." Sorry, but I don't think good parents condone taunting, they teach constructive ways to problem solve.
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