Bir valideyn kimi,, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.
Oğlum, zamanı yəqin ki, dörd və ya beş, bir balon oynayan və balonları ilə oynamaq ki, ən kiçik oğlan kimi oldu, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, Mən bir şar idi və o, nəticədə atdı və, I got a new balloon." It seemed to help him cope with his loss and led to a fun talk about what it was like when I was a little boy.
That worked well as a consolation technique and I used it a several times over the next period of time. I did get into trouble once when his Monster Rancher 3 creature died. I talked about how my dog, Şahzadə, had died in a car accident. Bu dəfə, onun cavab idi, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" sonra təsəlli üçün texnika.
Ölü it hadisədən əvvəl, lakin, I had also started to use the technique to convince him to do chores. "When I was a little boy, I had to go out and get the newspaper", "clean my room", "get Mommy her coffee cup", və s..
Bu da bir müddət üçün olduqca uğurlu olmuşdur, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, xüsusilə, marked the end. I told him to bring the garbage cans from curb back to the garage. He argued and I responded, "When I was a little boy, I had to take the garbage back to the garage." He responded, "Oh yeah! Well when you were a little boy, ki axmaq idi!".
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