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To: unclewest who wrote (57258)7/31/2004 11:37:12 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 793698
 
<<< Tough love is about letting people own all the responsibility for their own behavior and choices. When their bad decisions hurt enough, they solve their own problems>>>

It is obvious that you and I look at thing completely differently.

What you say about tough love is pretty consistent with what you have been saying all along.

For me, I look for the holy grail in another way. Modern psychologists for the most part say that positive reinforement is more effective than negative reinforcement. I have no way of knowing if they are right or not, but that is what I choose to believe.



To: unclewest who wrote (57258)7/31/2004 1:33:22 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793698
 
Tough love, as I understand it, works in the transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, for people who aren't handling the transition well.

Most often (maybe always) due to mama and daddy not doing their job right in the first place.

I think that the advocates of "tough love" call it tough love so mama and daddy get the message. "This is how it's gonna be, and if you don't like it, tough."

JMHO


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