BEHAVIOR EQUALS NEED - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 280

BEHAVIOR EQUALS NEED - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 280

From Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw by learnwithmeremotely

March 25, 2026 · 3 min · Episode 280

About this episode

Dr. Shaw discusses the concept that behavior stems from unfulfilled needs, particularly in children, and emphasizes the importance of addressing these needs appropriately.

In this brief but insightful episode, Dr. Shaw presents one of her most common themes in her own study of human behavior, and that premise is that behavior equals need. When you see certain behaviors from people, and in her educational experience that means children, those behaviors stem from a need that is unfulfilled. She discuss how a child that is throwing a tantrum is learning the exact wrong lesson if that tantrum is silenced or satisfied by giving the child what they want in that moment. At the same time, no two people or two children are the same or come from the same experience, so there can be differentiation between how you respond to a child expressing a need via misbehaving. If behavior equals need ... Dr. Shaw says "let's own it and get our needs fulfilled so we can behave appropriately."

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mindy Shaw

Topics covered

  • human behavior
  • child development
  • needs fulfillment
  • education
  • behavior management

Keywords

  • behavior
  • need
  • tantrum
  • education
  • child behavior
  • misbehavior
  • needs fulfillment

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