Riddle me this, how is it not possible to tell your kid you want them to be not yell so loud when playing computer games impossibleOh, it's possible. Nobody claimed it's impossible. The question is, what do you do when (not if, when) it doesn't work? And by "doesn't work", I mean that they stop yelling for 30-90 seconds and then they start again.
and in what situation is it preferably to deceive them?
What people have been telling you over and over is that these decisions aren't as clear cut as
if A and B and C then deception.preferable = true
What's going to work best depends on a lot of factors: age and psychological makeup of the kids, environment they live in, etc.
If they actually respect their toys more than their parents, that's clearly a FUBAR situation.
That statement reveals a profound lack of understanding of the subject matter, which is why so many people are criticizing you.
I say bollocks to that, and am still waiting for a single argument that actually applies to this situation, instead of just hiding behind generalities, strawmen and logical fallacies.
Which just goes to show you haven't actually bothered to look for those arguments. If you had, you would have found an explanation I offered, based on my experiences with my son, on observing other kids and on talking to other parents and educators: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5155974
Feel free to disagree with the explanation, but please stop throwing hissy fits because people called you out on your lack of credibility.
Oh, it's possible. Nobody claimed it's impossible. The question is, what do you do when (not if, when) it doesn't work? And by "doesn't work", I mean that they stop yelling for 30-90 seconds and then they start again.
and in what situation is it preferably to deceive them?
What people have been telling you over and over is that these decisions aren't as clear cut as
What's going to work best depends on a lot of factors: age and psychological makeup of the kids, environment they live in, etc.If they actually respect their toys more than their parents, that's clearly a FUBAR situation.
That statement reveals a profound lack of understanding of the subject matter, which is why so many people are criticizing you.
I say bollocks to that, and am still waiting for a single argument that actually applies to this situation, instead of just hiding behind generalities, strawmen and logical fallacies.
Which just goes to show you haven't actually bothered to look for those arguments. If you had, you would have found an explanation I offered, based on my experiences with my son, on observing other kids and on talking to other parents and educators: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5155974
Feel free to disagree with the explanation, but please stop throwing hissy fits because people called you out on your lack of credibility.