17 Astute Moms and Dads Whose Parenting Tactics Were Understood Only After a Few Years

Anyone who has had the pleasure of being a mother or father can confirm that living with children is always different in each house, but never boring. Fortunately, many parents have the wit to find the most creative solutions to complicated situations and, therefore, some children end up believing, for example, that Kinder Egg chocolate is only for adults and that flashlight batteries are eternal.

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I was mopping the floor when the vacuum sucked up a pizza sticker and my son started crying as it was HIS sticker. I reacted firmly: “there is no reason for scandal; it’s just a sticker.” He kept crying. I apologized, said I hadn’t done it on purpose and that I respected his things, but that if he liked that sticker so much, he shouldn’t have left it under the couch. I offered dozens of other stickers, but in vain: “I want that one”. He slept with puffy eyes. During the night, I opened the vacuum cleaner, found the object and cleaned it. I’ve never seen my son so happy. He had some fun with the “toy” and after a month we managed to throw it away (with his permission). For many, this may seem insignificant, but it’s moments like this when you gain the confidence of the little ones. © DiabloHell / Pikabu

My wife and I invented the “Saturday bag”. The rule is this: before going to bed, children must put away all their toys. Anything not put in its proper place will go into the bag and will be unavailable for a week. If the item goes into the bag for the second time, a month of isolation, because, in the child’s eyes, the value of that toy should not be high. © godwarz / Pikabu

My son will soon be 13 years old. A year ago, I decided to take some junk off the porch and teach my boy a cool way to earn money. I downloaded an ad app on his phone and explained how to use it. We agreed that he would keep all the money received, but would have to negotiate alone. Over the next few months, he sold a bicycle, old gadgets, old phones, a scooter and a blanket. With the accumulated money, my son bought a new cell phone. That way, he learned to talk to strangers and explain details about the products on sale; he realized that he himself would decide how to spend the money received and that he should be conscious not to blow it all at once. More: now we have a clean balcony. © nkeladib / Pikabu

I was working on a house project. I didn’t have time to change and came home in my work clothes — old boots, worn pants, torn blouse, filthy hair and all over with paint. When passing through a crossing, a mother with her small son came towards me, and the two were very well dressed. The child appeared to be throwing a tantrum and was not behaving like a “margarine commercial”, which seemed to be what the mother was expecting. At that moment, the woman pointed at me and leaned over to speak to her son:
“Look at that uncle over there…
The blood immediately rushed to my head. I already thought it was wrong for her to want to show her superiority over others, like that, in public, and that it was more important to explain to the child that we should never judge a book by its cover…
But she continued:
“If you keep eating well, one day you’ll be as strong and big as this boy.
They passed me, and the rest of the way I was smiling like a kid who had just been given a huge bowl of ice cream. © Snakecatcher / Pikabu

This is a story from my childhood. It had a toy car, as pictured. In fact, my relatives had lent it to me, as their son had already grown up. When I was 3 or 4 years old, these relatives had another child and asked for the toy back. But how to take away a child’s favorite stroller? Well, chance helped. At the time, my dad was planning to buy a new car, and we had an important conversation: my dad said he could trade my toy vehicle for a real one! Of course I accepted the proposal. Finally, they took the cart, but later our family bought a car, which was “almost mine”. I was very happy with how my parents got out of that tight skirt. I’m very proud of them! © 93dread93 / Pikabu

My friend’s 14 year old daughter said she wanted a tattoo. To make matters worse, she wanted it in the face. While her mother drank valerian tea to calm her nerves, her father questioned the details. They went to the studio together over the weekend. “I’ll pay twice as much,” my friend said to the tattoo artist. — If you do it without paint first…” When I was arguing with the boy, my friend asked him, discreetly, to make it so that it hurt as much as possible. In the first pass of the “needle” to make the heart in the cheek, the girl jumped out of the chair, because IT HURTED A LOT. Everyone went home satisfied. The parents, because their daughter hadn’t spoiled her beloved face; the daughter, because she didn’t have to endure that terrible pain until the end. © volchek1024 / Pikabu

What creative methods did you use to educate and at the same time not upset your children when they were young? Or what tricks did your parents use and you “discovered” only later? Comment!