play_therapist comments on Several Topics that May or May Not deserve their own Post - Less Wrong

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Comment author: play_therapist 29 November 2011 06:33:56PM 0 points [-]

I think that some times children really want to know why, but your idea should usually work well in those cases, too. You're basically suggesting distracting the child so that they forget the undesirable thing they were asking or doing, and move on. That is a basic parenting technique.