Our foray into the reward system started when we were potty-training our son. Just shy of 3 years old with chunky legs and baby cheeks, he’d scramble off the toilet and run to us triumphantly, demanding, “Two M&Ms! Two M&Ms!”
Because that was the deal: If he went poop on the potty, he would get two M&Ms.
We had, of course, tried teaching him to use the potty without resorting to candy, but praise and encouragement just didn’t work
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