“This is the third time I’ve told you to clean your room. If you don’t clean it now, you won’t have any dessert at dinner tonight.” Parents say things like this all the time. If you have children, you know how frustrating it can be to repeat yourself over and over. Every parent wants to be able to say something one time and have their children immediately obey. That is seldom the way it works, at least in the early years. Children’s brains are too easily distracted. They require repetition. W...
Necessary Repetition
