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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Point of intervention

Hi.
What does "point of intervention" mean in:
"parenting behaviors may represent a more malleable point of intervention."
  

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Hi, If you want to intervene in the situation being discussed, parental behaviour is a good place to start. This writer does not like to speak simply and clearly, in my opinion. Clive

  • Hi, If you want to intervene in the situation being discussed, parental behaviour is a good place to start.
  • This writer does not like to speak simply and clearly, in my opinion.
  • Clive
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Hi,

If you want to intervene in the situation being discussed, parental behaviour is a good place to start.

This writer does not like to speak simply and clearly, in my opinion.

Clive
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You also included 'more malleable' in your interpretation?

unfortunately I have to translate this!
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you meant a more malleable point for starting to intervene?

Is more context necessary?
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Hi,

You also included 'more malleable' in your interpretation?

No. You just asked about 'point of intervention'.

May I ask if you have looked up 'malleable' in a dictionary?

Clive
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Yes, but I mean, by good point you mean more melleable point?
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Hi,

malleable here suggests to me 'flexible, not rigidly defined'.

Clive
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You mean parenting is a good& more mellable starting point for intervetntion?
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Hi,

The writer spoke of 'parenting behaviours', not 'parenting'.

The word 'good' was mine, not the writer's.

When one starts paraphrasing, one almost always starts to change the meaning, in at least small ways. Same thing when one trans

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