A mother has revealed how she uncovered her son's nursery using Pavlov's dog conditioning technique on children, after playing a song at home. Alana, a stay-at-home mum in her 20s, shared the discovery on her TikTok account @alanas.life.
She explained that the nursery played Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra while asking children to tidy up, creating an automatic response. When she played the song at home, her son began frantically tidying his train set without complaint.
Alana said: 'I recently found out my son's nursery have been doing like, Pavlov's dog conditioning on all the kids.' The video showed her son clearing away his toys in three minutes, unaided.
Other parents praised the method, with one commenting they would 'pay extra' for it. Another noted their child's nursery used a similar tidy-up song, which triggered automatic cleaning at home.
One user joked: 'Don’t tell him but tell his future partner. That song will hit him like a sleeper cell.'
