For example, if I was dealing with a child who was having academic problems, and that child was coming from a harmonious home with two able, caring, resourceful parents, I would treat the situation differently than if I were dealing with a child with a single mother who worked three jobs and was hardly ever at home to represent any significant presence in the child's life. ... Often punishments are not successful because what the child wants is a punishment; at least when he or she is being punished someone is paying attention to them, acknowledging their existence, and helping them feel...

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