If you tell a child that something they want to happen is up to someone else, that child will spend the next month repeating the exact same questions in an effort to convince that adult to do the thing the child wants to happen.
The author sicced the child on the child’s uncle, leaving the uncle with no peace for at least the next whole afternoon visit with the child.
If you tell a child that something they want to happen is up to someone else, that child will spend the next month repeating the exact same questions in an effort to convince that adult to do the thing the child wants to happen.
The author sicced the child on the child’s uncle, leaving the uncle with no peace for at least the next whole afternoon visit with the child.
That’s pretty interesting, the child-psychology perspective hadn’t occurred to me. Nice!