માતાપિતા તરીકે, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.

મારા સૂર્ય, ચાર અથવા કદાચ તે સમયે પાંચ, એક બલૂન રમતા અને સૌથી ઓછી છોકરાઓ કે ગુબ્બારા સાથે રમવા જેવી, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, હું એક બલૂન હતી અને તે આખરે પોપ અને, 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, રાજકુંવર, had died in a car accident. આ સમય, તેમના જવાબ હતો, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" કે પછી આશ્વાસન માટે ટેકનિક.

મૃત કૂતરો ઘટના પહેલાં, તેમ છતાં, 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", વગેરે.

આ પણ એક જ્યારે માટે ખૂબ સફળ હતી, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, ખાસ કરીને, 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, કે મૂર્ખ હતી!".

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