ווי אַ פאָטער, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.

מייַן זון, מיסטאָמע פיר אָדער פינף אין די צייַט, איז פּלייינג אַ באַלאָן און ווי רובֿ ביסל יינגלעך וואָס שפּילן מיט באַלונז, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, איך האט אַ באַלאָן און עס פּאַפּט און יווענטשאַוואַלי, 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, פּרינץ, had died in a car accident. דאס מאָל, זייַן ענטפער איז געווען, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" טעכניק פֿאַר טרייסט נאָך אַז.

איידער די טויט הונט אינצידענט, אָבער, 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", אאז"ו ו.

דאס אויך איז געווען שיין מצליח פֿאַר אַ בשעת, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, אין באַזונדער, 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, וואָס איז געווען נאַריש!".

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