DD is just over two. Sometimes when I'm trying to get her to do something, or to stop doing something, I tell her "It makes Mummy sad/happy/cross/etc when you do that". I hoped it would teach her to think about the effect of her actions on other people and would be a useful lesson in empathy, but at first I felt as though I was just emotionally blackmailing her. Now that seems to have worn off but was wondering how other parents felt about it ... ?
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"That makes Mummy sad" - exercise in empathy or emotional blackmail?
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DitaVonCheese · 15/01/2011 15:35
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