• BanjoShepard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s all fine and dandy until they misbehave and you can’t follow through by sending them to school on the weekend.

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        Lying to coerce a child into doing something they hate could be fine. But it also could be catastrophic. The proper* parenting move is obviously to figure out why the child doesn’t like going to school, and address that.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayBanned from community
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      Ten years later:

      “My teenager has massive trust issues and won’t believe anything I say.”

      surprised Pikachu face

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        I can’t speak for other kids, but being honest with mine seems to work pretty well. “Why do I have to put away the dishes?” “Because if you don’t, we won’t be able to wash the dirty ones and then we’ll get roaches. Do you want roaches? No. So put away the dishes.”

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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          Yeah, that’s the tack I’m taking with mine. No sense in lying because it’s not good for your relationship, and I can’t be bothered to keep track of a bunch of lies.

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          Tell kids the truth when they’re older, but you cant reason with a young kid about everything.

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    I guess for some people the dumber you are the more impressed you are with your own ability to fool a child. Probably because that’s the last stage of their child’s life where they can still pretend to be smarter…

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      Yup. Education is not their goal. It’s crime prevention.

      You can get your ass beat in school the other guy gets detention. Its a prison.

      • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialBanned
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        You can get your ass beat in school the other guy gets detention.

        The other guy goes home happy.
        If you fight back, you get beaten by teachers, then your parents get called and harassed and then you are made to understand that you need to shut up and get beaten whenever someone feels like it.

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        Education is crime prevention. What a lot of schools are doing is teaching you how to be a good obedient slave that runs to class at the sound of a bell, never questions the teacher, & is silent and diligent in their work

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    Oof, this is definitely a:

    Every lie incurs a debt to the truth

    Sort of thing. It’s not going to be fun when your child understands that there is no school on weekends, you’ll lose a lot of trust overnight with this.

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      when your child understands that there is no school on weekends

      “I did not lie to you, we just all as parents agreeded to make the same offering to our children”.

      (it’s not even half lying; setting agreements as adults is what bulding a society is about)

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      Good, kids need to stop believing every bullshit they hear. Critical thinking is in short supply these days.

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      Idk how to tell you but there are people in here that think this is a good idea. If it is all sarcasm then thank god, but i doubt it is, since they are arguing it.