Which Parental Strategy Would Patterson Not Advocate When Helping Families

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which parental strategy would Patterson not advocate when helping families to overcome coercive cycles and reduce children's out-of-control behavior?

• A) don't escalate your own coercive behavior when a child becomes coercive
• B) don't cave in to a child's coercive behavior
• C) remain wary and suspicious should the child try to curry favor by doing something nice
• D) rely on time-out as a means of disciplining coercion
• E) none of these

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