Ok...so I'll set the scene...
DC (aged 4) refusing to get ready for bed. Lying on floor, won't get up, just shaking head.
Parent: "If you don't get ready now you will not be taking [comfort teddy] to bed with you"
(Comfort teddy since birth, sleeps with it every night)
It was the first thing that popped into my head to just get him into bed ASAP, had a nightmare day and DC2 playing up also. Immediately he changed his tune, and was ready and in bed quicker than ever.
I feel mean now though...is threating to confiscate a comforter OTT?