Which Parental Strategy Would Patterson Not Advocate When Helping Families

Which parental strategy would Patterson not advocate when helping families to overcome coercive cycles and reduce children's out-of-control behavior?

A) don't escalate your own coercive behavior when a child becomes coercive
B) don't cave in to a child's coercive behavior
C) remain wary and suspicious should the child try to curry favor by doing something nice
D) rely on time-out as a means of disciplining coercion
E) none of these