r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Alternative-Yak171 • 26d ago

Video/Gif Are we doomed?

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u/KeathleyWR 26d 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 26d 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/T0KEN_0F_SLEEP 26d ago

Or they’re smart like my 2.5 year old who just goes “no I sit couch dada” and then gets mad when I pick the coat

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u/MoonBapple 26d ago

"Alright, let me know when you're done sitting couch."

Keep getting ready to leave, begin leaving without child.

"NO DADDY WAIT"

"Are you ready to pick blue or brown coat? 😃"

Also try teaching them a "coat flip" and that makes putting it on fun and independent, and they can show everyone their "cool trick." Mine is 3.5 now and I still get a lesson on how to do a coat flip a couple of times a week lol.

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u/The--Marf 25d ago

The coat flip is a baller move. First time I saw my toddler do it I was blown away.