I don’t feel good..

--If there's one thing I've learned time and time again rating 4 children, is that temper tantrums come in all shapes and sizes.
--You probably know what I'm talking about. Make the mistake of saying no in a store and a child will let's lose with a high pitch scream that will set dogs to howling in three counties. Making people stare at you like what is the matter with you? Why can't you breeder's find your own store to shop in. That one never worked on me unfortunately for my kids because I stopped caring how people looked at me a long time ago.
--But kids are persistent if one tactic doesn't work they quickly change course, and are able go on the fly.
--One of my favorites is the I don't feel good. It's a delayed one, it usually come 1 to 2 days after you've said no to something. Or quite possibly caught them in a lie. Either way I don't feel good works for just about anything. For the simple reason we as parents say no to, and catch so many white lie's in the first 5 years of a child life after a while we end up on no, and white lie overload. If we tried to remember each and every one we'd forget other stuff  like, name and address, or where you parked the car. And how would that look wandering around the park with a bunch of kids trying to remember where you parked. I can just image the officer's face as you try to explain that one. Why of course their my kids, it's just I was so busy remembering what I said no to, and who said what white lie I forgot where I left the car.
--One of the main reason’s I don’t feel good works so well it's kicks right into the parenting Dna. You look out for their well-being, keep them safe, and try to make them feel better when they are sick. And usually it's not until the whole thing is over that if you’re lucky you figure out you've been played. And if not well, I guess that’s one of the joys of being a parent. Watching them grow up and getting ready to face the world. In fact their have been times I’ve let my children win a few, for the simple reason it builds self-esteem. And nobody likes to loose all the time. Especially children…