LPT: You life will be instantly better if you learn how to say no to people without any further explanation. Just no.

I never said give into a child's every whim. I think parents shouldn't just say "no" and not give an explanation when the child asks, and I STRONGLY disagree that giving your children an explanation for why you said no to something would somehow ruin the childs future social interactions by giving them some false idea of reality, and what people owe them like you seem to oddly believe.

I dont think that unpopular opinions are necessarily wrong, and those other people had no sway over my opinion. But, when you are making claims that seem ridiculous to me, and other people have noticed the same thing, that is a piece of evidence that seems to suggest that you may be wrong.

This isn't a case of someone trying to manipulate my views, you're not standing up against injustice and mob rule, you just have a weird, wrong idea of how children interact with the world. But yeah, go ahead and ask a child psychologist and report back with the results, ill be waiting.

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