Related Authors: Mildred Armstrong Kalish | Little Heathens: Hard Times | High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Related Topics: adults, behavior, chores, duties, elders, modification, permission, privilege, prize, read, reading










Without knowing it, the adults in our lives practiced a most productive kind of behavior modification. After our chores and household duties were done we were give "permission" to read. In other words, our elders positioned reading as a privilege – a much sought-after prize, granted only to those goodhardworkers who earned it. How clever of them.
Related Authors: Mildred Armstrong Kalish | Little Heathens: Hard Times | High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Related Topics: adults, behavior, chores, duties, elders, modification, permission, privilege, prize, read, reading
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