Wrong Jigoku

bro how do you think airplanes get between airports

I absolutely think adults, especially parents, ascribe manipulative intent to children when they shouldn't and it's absolutely a problem but it's always kind of funny to me when people go online and proclaim that children are incapable of manipulation. When I was three I asked my mom to get my older sibling their favorite candy bar at the grocery story because I knew she'd get me mine too as a reward for being thoughtful and that was way more likely to succeed than if I just asked for a candy bar for me. And it worked. Children scheme at a developmentally appropriate level the trick is not assuming children scheme at an adult level.

a child has no job no love no passion no desire greater than obtaining A Little Treat and they're significantly smarter than any other animal on earth. you who have tasted mortality and a 401k stand between them and that treat at your peril.