Posts Tagged ‘unicorn’
Connor the Unicorn is missing. It’s freakin’ annoying.
My daughter has a whole host of imaginary friends, who she calls “pretend friends.” We hear about them a lot less than we did a couple years ago, but they are still around, and from time to time, we will hear her talking to them. Audrey. Elizabeth. Anna. The list goes on and on. Most…
Read MoreFour of my books and one dead unicorn
A photo of my books at The Strand in New York, sent to me by a friend. I especially like how Death of a Unicorn is sandwiched between the soft and hardcover editions of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. I’m always asking my students for a unicorn sandwich. They never find my request as amusing…
Read MoreA unicorn and the tendency towards loss aversion result in cleaner teeth and a new idea in behavior management.
The pre-gifting of the stuffed unicorn as a reward for the excellent behavior that we expected from my daughter during her recent dentist appointment was a stroke of genius on my wife’s part because of the nature of loss aversion. In economics, loss aversion refers to people’s tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring…
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