If you find yourself balking at the “scare factor” of this tool, as I did, you might consider that in Western culture, we also “scare” children into behaving. Children can become afraid of their parents’ anger or punishments. This is what happened during my childhood; I behaved because I feared my father’s anger. To be honest, I would rather Rosy be afraid of a “refrigerator monster” or the “spiders in a dress” than fear me or her father.
