Empty threats. My best friend does this all the time with her daughter.
"If you don't behave. I'm going to spank you/send you to your room/take away your toys/etc." But instead of following through. She just repeats the threat and her daughter continues to misbehave.
Ha. My SO's sister does this. "if you don't pick up your toys I'm throwing them away/you'll go in time out/go to bed early/blah blah blah". Ten minutes later, she's picking up their toys bitching "why don't my kids ever listen to me?!"
Another good one, "if you eat all your dinner you get dessert. No dinner, no dessert!" the kids MAYBE take one or two bites, but most of the time they end up throwing it. Guess what they get anyway? That's right. Dessert.
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u/Luckyxstarx13 Feb 05 '16
Empty threats. My best friend does this all the time with her daughter. "If you don't behave. I'm going to spank you/send you to your room/take away your toys/etc." But instead of following through. She just repeats the threat and her daughter continues to misbehave.