Bilang isang magulang, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.
Ang aking anak na lalaki, marahil apat o limang sa oras, ay naglalaro ng isang lobo at tulad ng karamihan sa maliliit na mga lalaki na maglaro na may mga lobo, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, Ako ay nagkaroon ng isang lobo at pop ito at malaon, 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, Prinsipe, had died in a car accident. Oras na ito, ang kanyang tugon ay, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" pamamaraan para sa pag-aliw matapos na.
Bago sa patay insidente aso, gayunman, 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", at iba pa.
Ito ay masyadong medyo matagumpay para sa isang habang, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, lalo na, 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, na noon ay bobo!".
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