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flukus on June 5, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The great self-esteem con

> A kid that believes that he is inherently naughty wont even try nor has reason to try to behave itself

How did you make the jump from telling a kid they're being/acting naughty to a kid being inherently naughty?

watwut on June 5, 2017 [–]

Quoting comment I replied to: "Tell them they're naughy when they behave naughtily".

ptaipale on June 5, 2017 | [–]

Perhaps better English might be "Tell them they're being naughty when they behave naughtily". That's the idea, and I don't see anything wrong with it.

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