e, by persons able to recognize and meet their needs. Adults making voluntary visits express affection, rather than the range of sometimes upsetting emotions a baby would encounter in an average household. Annoyances are introduced into
the nursery environment slowly, when the babies are able to (Skinner 89).
Positive reinforcement steps in when children are called "angels" and a given child is termed as "delightful" as "all our children" (Skinner 31-32). The expectation is that Walden Two children, in contrast to the "little devils" and animalistic "kids" found in the outside world, will be well behaved. As they grow older, they receive both behavioral and educational guidance. Skinner assumes that they can take increasing responsibility for working, sleeping and eating. At the relatively young age of 13, Skinner suggests that the Walden Two child will no longer require any supervision (108).
Development of behavioral responses that ate desirable in terms of both the children and the community is accomplished through special techniques rather than the workings of chance or family discipline. Training in self-control begins around the age of 3, when each child is given a lollipop and told it can be eaten later in the day if it isn't licked. This produces recognition of the need for self-control; since the children are encouraged to examine their reactions, they
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