Well this is probably nothing new to a lot of people, but some members may find it useful - it really works! I can't remember the last time i didn't get full training bars.
When your tama beeps and the attention light is on (the icon on the bottom of the screen farthest to the right)
1) if the tama is crying or in a bad mood with its back to you -> PRAISE IT
OR
2) If the tama looks like it normally does and doesn't have ALL of its happy and/or hungry hearts gone -> PUNISH IT. This will lower your happy meter by 1 heart quite often - so i always fill up the happy and hungry hearts first, then punish, then check the happy hearts and give a snack or play a game to refill the heart if needed.
OR
3) If your tama has a present wrapped up, and it gives a bad present when it connects with another tama, when it comes back on the screen it will get a funny smirk on its face -> PUNISH it immediately (this will also decrease the happy meter). This method from what i can tell seems to work best on toddlers, especially when they have only a low level of training. Once the tama is better trained it always seems to give the wrapped present straight away, and so far, the babies i have tried it on, also seem to give the wrapped present straight away too.
Doing any of the 3 methods above will always increase your training bars.
Punishing a tama for refusing food or refusing to play a game will not increase the training bars, and punishing a tama for giving a bad present (unless it has already has a present wrapped up to give) will also not increase its training.
