Sentences with phrase «than harmful behavior»

The underlying motive might be to boost their own ego, but because their self - worth is so wrapped up in their idea of themselves as saint - like this actually produces helpful rather than harmful behavior.

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Openness can not be a one way street... If someone rejects you and does harm to you (as the fundamentalists Christian right do to so many) their harmful behavior should not be tolerated any more than that of a common criminal.

So it is our responsibility to stop harmful behavior, keep everyone safe, and share our calm rather than adding to the storm.

This could explain data showing that the poor are likelier than others to behave in ways that are harmful to health and impede long - term success — in short, behaviors that can perpetuate a disadvantaged state.

«Introverts are, on average, less risk - taking than extraverts,» says Oishi — a quality he says can protect against potentially harmful behavior.

It is more harmful than helpful to push through an unsuccessful lesson because it drags on and leads to unwanted behaviors.

Taxes are... a far cheaper and less coercive way to curtail [harmful] behavior than laws or prescriptive regulations.

Bruised feelings, rude jabs and hallway shoves have always been a part of the preteen and adolescent landscape, but a growing body of dispiriting statistics confirms that bad behavior is on the rise and more psychologically harmful than what was endured by earlier generations.