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Liz Weston, NerdWallet.com
Thu, 08/17/2017 - 9:01am

If you want someone to stop asking you for money, the worst thing you can do is say no and then give in after persistent pleading. Such “intermittent reinforcement” — granting a reward after an unpredictable number of requests — makes it more likely the person will ask for another handout than if you just... Liz Weston is a writer at NerdWallet.

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