পিতা বা মাতা হিসাবে, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.

আমার ছেলে, সময় সম্ভবত চার বা পাঁচ, একটি বেলুন বাজানো এবং বেলুনের সঙ্গে খেলা যে অধিকাংশ সামান্য ছেলেদের মত ছিল, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, আমি একটি বেলুন ছিল এবং এটা ঘটনাক্রমে popped এবং, 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, প্রিন্স, had died in a car accident. এইবার, তার প্রতিক্রিয়া ছিল, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" যে পরে সান্ত্বনা জন্য কৌশল.

মৃত কুকুর ঘটনার আগে, কিন্তু, 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", প্রভৃতি.

খুব একটা সময় জন্য সুন্দর সফল হয়েছে, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, বিশেষ, 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, যে মূঢ় ছিল!".

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