> Behavioral science suggests that punishment is the worst way of teaching any human to behave. Even just ignoring bad behavior is better.
Citation? And is this actually reproducible?
By default I don’t trust any social / behavioral science study. The field is broken.
I wasn't aware that using food as a reward is a risk factor for eating disorders.
I mean it has an elegance to it, but equally, most elegant ideas don't play out well in reality.
Could you add a reference or some detail?
What works best is ignoring bad behavior and rewarding good one randomly (so not every time).
And I would warn against overly relying on food as a form of reward and punishment, unless you want to give your kid an eating disorder for the rest of their life.