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Yelling and nagging at children produces compliance in the moment but costs tension, sulking, and guilt.

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family Children, partners and inheritance: the peak experience, and what to hand on.

behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

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  1. Gretchen Rubin Writer on happiness, habits and human nature
    Yelling and nagging may seem effective in the moment ("I'm getting them to put on their shoes!"), but the cost is tension, sulking, and guilt.

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