@eanakashima@hachyderm.io Teachers have been doing this for a very long time. When you finish on a word that is what children latch onto in the moment. So when you say to a child "Don't run' they essentially hear run. Instead if you say "Stand still" or "Name, stop" you get a better chance of them processing and doing what you want. "Don't hit" becomes "Use kind hands". You cannot get the perfect last word, but you can avoid the negative ones. More importantly, you can always describe the behaviour you want, which is better. Because kids are people, this works on all people even when they get bigger.