HOW I TRAINED MY HUSBAND (1NA)

HOW I TRAINED MY HUSBAND

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1 She used to stop what she was doing and help him. Now she doesn’t pay him any attention.

2 Because she was writing a book about exotic animal trainers, she spent a lot of time watching them training animals.

It occurred to her that she could use the same techniques to ‘train’ her husband.

That you reward good behavior and ignore bad behaviour.

3

Teaching someone new behavior by rewarding each small step they take. She began to praise him every time he did something she wanted him to do, like put dirty washing in the hamper, etc.

4

He wanted to stop the birds landing on his head and shoulders. He trained them to land somewhere else (on mats). She stopped him from getting in her way in the kitchen when she was cooking by giving him a job to do, e.g. grating cheese, at the other end of the kitchen island.

5

She learned a technique called L.R.S. which means not responding at all when someone does something wrong. The idea is that if you don’t respond to it, the bad behavior will disappear. When her husband was looking for his keys she just said nothing and carried on with what she was doing.

6

They start to use the same technique on their trainer. He used the L.R.S. technique – he ignored her when she was complaining about her braces.

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