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Earthrise

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4. This is similar to having kids who cheat at games become "rule keepers" -

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 09:11 AM

Apr 2023

Assigning the role of ensuring everyone else follows rules to kids who cheat at games is a neat social-psychological trick. Having acted in public as if they believe following the rules is important - they're more likely to follow them in the future. It works.

I don't know if it will work in this context, but it seems like a novel approach that might work.

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Town forces argumentative parents to be umpires at Little League games [View all] sl8 Apr 2023 OP

What's sauce for the goose .... bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #1

Prediction: They will be terrible umpires. tanyev Apr 2023 #2

That sounds like a really dumb idea Effete Snob Apr 2023 #3

This is similar to having kids who cheat at games become "rule keepers" - Earthrise Apr 2023 #4