I think it is...actually. The thought occurs, but is immediately smacked down by the paradigm of radical behaviorism, aba, and other forms of forced assimilationism.
"WELL IF I DO THIS NOW...what's this kid gonna be like later?"
What will they be like later? Like someone who has an ingrained habit of putting trash in a trash can, because when they were learning habits it was made easy for them to develop that one.