parents act upon unconsciously exaggerated System 1 feelings that tell them their child is perfect or come up with what they believe is a reasonable answer for why their child is misbehaving. The foundation of conditional acceptance is the capacity to honestly appraise a child’s behavior. Bring to mind the slippery slope of excuses I talked about in chapter 6. Excuses are detrimental to a child’s overall development and particularly their moral development. It is destructive to respond to bad behavior