If your child always gets something he likes out of behaving the way he does, then he is likely to keep behaving the same way. Sometimes it’s more obvious, e.g. if we were to give a child some candy to calm them down. However, it may be that the thing your child “likes” is to get out of doing something he doesn’t like. Or it may be that the thing he “likes” is the way your face looks when you are cross and steam is coming out of your ears. Or it may be that people leave him alone when he behaves that way, or he gets taken somewhere quiet. I’m not saying that your child is aware of this
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