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In
an ideal world, parents would always be patient and nurturing, and kids
would always be cooperative and make smart choices. This is not an
ideal world, so we parents need a few sneaky strategies to preserve our
sanity when the days are much too long and our patience much too thin.
To be clear, we don't really recommend truly manipulative parenting or passive-aggressive strategies
that scar kids forever. We're talking "manipulation" in the sense of
shortcuts that can get us past all the "but I don't want to" and "but
why?" complaints on the most trying days. More mindful and direct parenting approaches would be better, of course, but in case of emergency, you can try one of these tactics.
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In
an ideal world, parents would always be patient and nurturing, and kids
would always be cooperative and make smart choices. This is not an
ideal world, so we parents need a few sneaky strategies to preserve our
sanity when the days are much too long and our patience much too thin.
To be clear, we don't really recommend truly manipulative parenting or passive-aggressive strategies
that scar kids forever. We're talking "manipulation" in the sense of
shortcuts that can get us past all the "but I don't want to" and "but
why?" complaints on the most trying days. More mindful and direct parenting approaches would be better, of course, but in case of emergency, you can try one of these tactics.
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