ఒక పేరెంట్ గా, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.

నా కుమారుడు, సమయంలో బహుశా నాలుగు లేదా ఐదు, ఒక బెలూన్ ప్లే మరియు బుడగలు తో ప్లే చాలా కొద్దిగా అబ్బాయిలు మాదిరిగానే జరిగినది, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, నేను ఒక బెలూన్ కలిగి మరియు అది చివరికి popped మరియు, 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, యువరాజు, had died in a car accident. ఈ సమయం, తన స్పందన, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" ఆ తర్వాత ఓదార్పు కోసం టెక్నిక్.

చనిపోయిన కుక్క సంఘటన ముందు, అయితే, 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", మొదలైనవి.

ఈ చాలా కాసేపు అందంగా విజయవంతమైంది, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, ముఖ్యంగా, 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, ఆ తెలివితక్కువదని ఉంది!".

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