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On our refrigerator, we put a list of "positive
reinforcements" -- ways for parents to emphasize the good things their
children do. Our 12-year-old son read through the recommended parental
comments which included things like "Nice job," "You really tried hard,"
"Thank you for helping," "Great work" and the like.
The next morning we found, penned at the bottom of the list, in my son's handwriting, "Here's a twenty, have fun," "Take my credit card and get what you want," "Here are my keys, the car's in the driveway and will $50 be enough?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of, but you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?" "Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My father's new car." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her teenage son was having trouble mastering the fine points of balancing his new checking account. "The bank returned the check you wrote to the sporting goods store," she said. "Oh good," he said, "Now I can use it to buy some stereo equipment |
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Mom," said the little boy, in from playing. "I think the
people who live next door are really, really poor?"
"Why do you say that, my little one?" "Because you should have seen the fuss they made when their baby swallowed a dime |

