behavioral engineering

[Michael Sylvester]

  one of my students mentioned that she controls the temper tantrum
behavior of her son by simultaneously throwing her own temper tantrum.
According to her,when her son sees her throwing an imitative more powerful
tantrum,her son stops. She thinks that tantrum behavior has to do with
the need for power and when her son sees that he is unable to
win the battle of tantrums,he gives up.
Sounds interesting.

Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida