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The Parent Report: Parenting Using Whale Training Techniques

BOSTON (CBS) - Can the same techniques used to train killer whales be applied to parenting?

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Chuck Tompkins, head of animal training at Sea World, and one of the authors of "Whale Done Parenting, How to Make Parenting a Positive Experience for You and Your Kids," says accentuate the positive.

Tompkins has examples of positive enforcement that he used with his own son to get him to clean his room.

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