This could be applied to sour behavior and tantrums (adult, adolescent, or those thrown by a two-year-old). But good, wonderful, blissful things can also be brought to zero when starved of attention. If you want to make a difference in the world, give the latter more (attention) and the former less.

“The surest way to neutralize anything is to starve it of attention.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com