Good cop ! Bad cop !
Most of you are familiar with this term. Frequently used in interrogating suspects, this process involves 2 police officers : while one plays the “good cop” trying to be sympathetic, the other one dons the hat of the “bad cop” and more often than not, the suspect comes up with the goods in front of the good cop. So what has that got to do with parenting, you may ask! Sometimes, mothers and fathers do play this routine with their kids. One parent will scold and threaten, and the other will try to cajole the child into obeying. I myself am guilty of trying this out to make my son switch off the TV ! Summer vacation seems to be synonymous with “TV time” for him and I end up telling him “You know appa will scold if you watch for more than an hour – please switch off and we can play a game of cricket”. Believe it or not – it works one in five times ! Do you have any interesting tactic that you follow to get your child to do things your way? Do share them with us to create one big idea basket of tips and tricks.
Also Read : Does Punishment to Discipline Work?
I hope not
From experience, I know my mom used to be stricter than my father (still is) , but that notion of her being the “enemy” kind of faded away as I grew older 