When children argue for activities to be allowed, they take a reductionist approach, while parents tend to take a holistic approach.
But once you permit an exception for the rule (“okay, today there is no strong reason to do X”), it immediately becomes a precedent (tomorrow: “why do we have to do X, when we didn’t have to do it yesterday?”).
Also, children are quite conservative about the things they like. Try to skip a bedtime story once!
But once you permit an exception for the rule (“okay, today there is no strong reason to do X”), it immediately becomes a precedent (tomorrow: “why do we have to do X, when we didn’t have to do it yesterday?”).
Also, children are quite conservative about the things they like. Try to skip a bedtime story once!