Many times, when a child gets angry or upset, they tend to get angry and can become violent. According to Webster's dictionary, violence is defined as the use of physical force intended to harm someone or something. Violence is an extreme form of rebellion on the part of children or even adults. Many times children become violent when the use of negative reinforcement is in place. Violence itself can be completely eliminated with the use of positive reinforcement. In any situation where a child is wrong, instead of telling them they are wrong and making them upset and irritated, let them self-reflect, and after self-reflection, use positive reinforcement to reinforce that good self-reflective behavior. According to the Doing what works library, some of the positive reinforcers that can be used after a desired behavior has been shown are smiling, which gives a special privilege to that child and free time. According to the library, all of this will help children understand that the specific behavior they showed was good, which in turn will help them show the same behavior in the
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