Re: [OT] Tragedy, narrowly averted

On Fri, 7 Feb 2025, songbird wrote:

 the final time with the landline was when Mom picked up the
phone to call someone and it wasn't working.  she smashed the
phone on the counter.  obviously telling her that that didn't
help anything made no impression on her as she will still
bang things when they don't work.  i'm trying to get her to
stop this behavior but i'm not sure that's going to happen.

This is not a problem! Skinner teaches us powerful methods for training her. You must reward her when she behaves well, and punish her when she bahves badly. Then her behaviour will quickly change! =)