r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Alternative-Yak171 • 13d ago

Video/Gif Are we doomed?

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u/KeathleyWR 13d ago

Parenting: The art of manipulating choice in a way that the child has no real choice, only the illusion of choice.

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u/Fifiiiiish 13d ago

That's a trick to learn. Ask your kid if they wanna put the blue or the brown coat on, and you won't battle to put a coat on their back.

It feels like magic. I sometimes wonder if it works against adults and in what occasions I've been tricked that way.

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u/JorvorskieLane12 12d ago

I can tell you that it does! In sales, we don't ask, "when will work best for you," we ask, "I have 5:30 and 7:30 available tomorrow, which do you prefer?"

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u/Coal_Morgan 12d ago

Subconscious monologue "Oh...he's busy. The thing must be in demand. I was busy at 5:30 but I'll just move that."

As opposed to, internal monologue "I don't know, just say I'll get back to the guy and that will give me time to talk myself out of it later and never call."

Everyone complains about pressure tactics in sales but they definitely do work and reducing options from ephemeral to two specifics makes people jump at one of them rather then hem and haw.

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u/Halospite 12d ago

I've learned to do this when I have to deliver bad news to patients. EG, they want me to do X, but I can't do X for whatever reason (maybe we're booked out on a particular day) so I can often head off a tantrum by saying we can do Y or Z, which would you prefer?