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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I really struggle with those cases too. If I flat out tell my kid "No" and he gets upset? That makes perfect sense to me. But so often now he's having a meltdown and I am literally saying, "Why are you crying? You will get everything you want if we just finish this thing first!

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If it helps at all, since posting this she has gotten better at dealing with stuff like this.