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According

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to, some research by Donald Forrester
and his colleagues.

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A very common way
that this would be handled would be

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the social worker would come along,

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tell him what his problem is,
and then say how he needed to change.

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And now this is a very understandable
approach, especially if you believe

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it's your job to make people change.

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So and also, social workers can often
see the problem quite clearly,

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see that it's
having an effect on the child

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and then think, well,
if I just point this out to the parents

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and they'll see that it's

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affecting their children,
this will make them want to change it.

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In Motivational interviewing

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This is called the kind of writing reflex.

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And not only does this not work,
but it also, in my experience,

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and according to the research undertaken
by Donald Forrester,

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is that it makes parents more defensive
and our relationship less helpful.