Justin Custar
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Can you Explain the difference between positive enforcement, negative enforcement, and punishment? Can you give an example of each concept from your own experience? 6/251
Whenever you have a child or even a pet dog, there are ways you want them to act or behave. The way a parent does this it through enforcement and punishments. There are lines that parents should never cross when it comes to discipline. There are also parents that I have witnessed that do not take discipline serious enough.
Parents are worlds apart compared to parent’s decades ago. They face more problems than their predecessors. The problems they face are only caused by their own errors. Children are no longer raised by their parents but rather raised by their phones and computers. Parents have children that do not want to listen to them. The children would rather listen to their phones. Parents are constantly fighting for their children’s attention. So, what can be done? Parents can react in several ways, they can either use positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, or punishment.
Growing up I found the best reinforcement used on myself was positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement to me is when parents will give their child a reward for doing an action. An example I have witnessed growing up is when parents will give their children money or another incentive. Personally, growing up I never got any kind of incentive for making good grades or doing good in a sporting event. My friends in school would sometimes get a reward for doing good in school and that would sometimes make me very jealous of them. Looking back now, I believe that receiving incentives does not always prepare someone for the real world as good as letting them feel a sense of pride for accomplishing something. I also believe that positive reinforcement can be when parents will keep calm, cool, collective, and respond positively to children’s actions. An example of this would be when a child breaks a lamp, instead of a parent yelling and screaming at him, they stay calm. Personally, my father growing up would not act in this manner. My mother was much better at keeping her temper in check. If I would get in trouble for doing something, my father was more likely to yell at me than my mother.
No parent can adequately teach their child without a negative reinforcement. This is one of the most used techniques used on me growing up. A negative reinforcement is when a parent gives or does something to stop a certain behavior from the child. However, I rarely got this as a child. What I got was negative feedback. This feedback nearly always felt like I was getting punish for doing what I thought was right. I believe that too much negative feedback can hurt someone in the long run. It can hurt one’s confidence and it could even lead to a person being depressed. However, I believe that some children growing up do not get enough negative reinforcement. Children do not have as much respect...
