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		whatevsbro on March 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Think >> By the end of round three I was starting to feel like an abusive jerk and was about to give up and be fake nice instead. Feel like an abusive jerk? -She is one. She's behaving like one of those Chinese "Tiger Moms". >> But then in round four everyone took more than an hour and started playing well. But then, her bullying started getting results, and she let out a sigh of relief. She wouldn't "need" to tone it down and fake niceness after all. Fear is an efficient motivator. The kids work hard to avoid the psychological pain she'll inflict on them for not performing up to her expectations.

pdonis on March 9, 2014 [–]

But she doesn't just comment negatively when they make mistakes; she also comments positively when they play well. That's in the article too. If she were using fear motivation, she wouldn't say anything when they play well.

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