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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396
. . . The following day I took a black trash bag and picked up all the toys they left out. After a week I told them they could start earning them back one per week if they kept everything picked up which they did and got them all back. . . .
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This is VERY different than destroying property. When you destroy something that a child perceives to belong to them, you, the parent, are in a way destroying/attacking the child (as they'll see it). You might get some conditioned response from negative reinforcement, but there's not much positive learning. It's just behavior modification based on fear and obedience, not understanding.