Kevin Zolman, game theorist at CMU and co-author of The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting, explains how game theory principles apply to effective parenting incentives.
“And so one of the things that game theory teaches, you want to design punishments or rewards for your kids to That are possible for you to follow through on and that you want to follow through on.”
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