Consistency

 

I believe that the most important part of training is consistency.

Whether it is housebreaking a dog, or potty training a child, nothing works better than reinforcing the right action over and over again.

That sounds simple, but many people have trouble being consistent, even people who understand its value and have experience using it.

I find a lack of consistency extremely confusing. 

I had many years experience using it to help my daughter overcome some learning disabilities. 

So it is difficult for me to work with people who are not consistent. I realize it is difficult when there are many children, but I believe the difficulties increase when someone believes they are consistent, but they have become less than hyper-vigilant and because they are the one in charge, no one dares to tell them.

I suppose it is impossible to live intensely hyper-vigilant all the time, but the closer you are to keeping everything the same, the easier it will be for everyone to conform.