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How Children Manipulate Parents: Experts Name the Most Popular Methods
29.02.2024 12:10
Many parents do not want to admit the fact that their children manipulate them quite successfully.
The more often their manipulations are successful, the worse the situation becomes for adults: children will constantly use their “persuasion” skills.
Therefore, it is worth understanding how exactly a child can manipulate.
What are the most popular methods?
Illness or discomfort
Children understand that adults will not risk their health, so they use their physical condition as an argument when they do not want to go somewhere.
In such cases, you need to take the issue seriously: before accusing children of manipulation, you need to make sure that they are actually healthy.
Hysterics
This is the most popular way of "influencing" intractable parents, experts note. Hysterics usually take place in a public place so that adults, fearing shame and condemnation, make concessions.
In such cases, you just need to not give in to provocations.
Unflattering comparisons
It's not just parents who use this technique when comparing their child to other children. They can use it when comparing you to other parents, too.
There is no need to react to these words: children are simply trying to achieve what they want.
Mom vs. Dad
In order to achieve the desired result, children can resort to deception: for example, mom receives information that dad has given permission. At the same time, dad may not even suspect this.
In any case, you just need to stick to a single line of education.
Previously we talked about how to raise a healthy child .
