Children may bother their parents incessantly when they want

Children may bother their parents incessantly when they want something. Many parents become upset with this behavior and finally give in to the child\'s demands. If you were counseling parents about their child\'s behavior, how would you explain why this occurs? The parents are using negative punishment to modify their own behavior. The child is using negative reinforcement to modify the parent\'s behavior. The parents are using positive punishment to modify their child\'s behavior. The child is using positive reinforcement to modify his or her own behavior.

Solution

The child is using negative reinforcement to modify the parents behavior.It occurs because a child has not been conditioned towards the negative consequences of fulfilling their stubborn deeds.And parents should condition their kids by loving them,giving them lot of care,showing them respect and teach them good n simultaneously making them aware of bitter consequences of their undesirable deeds.