Page 10 - UNIT 1 Getting Started: The Empowerment Approach
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How about positive control?
“But Kit - rewards work!”
Yes. Rewards do work.
Whilst the treat is in view - and is big enough.
But do we want our children to have
to stay on a tight leash and always
need rewards to do the right thing?
Or do we want our children to grow
into intrinsically motivated adults
who do the right thing because they:
a) know it’s the right thing to do
b) want to do the right thing