So, this is a funny conversation my wife and I recently had and after having it did I only start actually thinking about it.
I have a 2.5 year old daughter. She doesn't always do what I want and I think that to a certain degree that is ok and she can have her own opinion. However, I recently realized how well reverse psychology works on her. "Don't sit nicely! No, no, no. You are not allowed to sit nicely at the table" Next thing I know, all she can do is sit nicely. This applies to eating certain foods, playing with certain toys, going to brush her teeth etc.
While I love how I can get her to do the stuff I want and need her to do my wife started disliking it bc what, according to her, it essentially does is make her (want to) misbehave more bc in actuality she is not listening to me.
Not sure what to think about it. Be happy I can get her to do the stuff I want her to do or empower her to not listen..
I am a bit torn and would love to hear some similar experiences and how they were dealt with.