Do your kids emotionally manipulate you?
What tricks do your kids use to emotionally manipulate you? Does it usually work? Mags shares her first-hand experiences of manipulation from her six-year-old son.
I am mostly immovable when it comes to manipulation.
I recently received a voice note from my son trying to manipulate me, using his emotions to ensure that I allowed him to attend a fishing trip. Okay, granted that it was a stunning day, he excels at school with merit badges, and he manages to cruise through his homework, so I let this one slide.
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Listen to his voice note below:
East Coast Breakfast host Darren Maule also weighed in on Mags' predicament. Listen to his advice to Mags below:
But it really got me thinking, how many other parents go through this type of emotional manipulation?
I truly feel that as a parent, you would be able to figure out when they're just being cute and when they are darn right rude? I just take each one as it comes, but if it's darn right rude, then there is no moving this mamma. I stand my ground and my little one knows it.
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We put the question out to KZN to find other parents who are also a victim of this type of emotional manipulation. Their responses are pretty surprising...
Do your kids have any tricks to emotionally manipulate you and if so, does it usually work? Share your stories with me below: