Guraso gisa, somewhere along the line I discovered the "When I was a little boy" trick.
Nire semea, seguruenik, lau edo bost momentuan, zen puxika bat jolasten eta pixka gehienak mutilak duten globoak jolastu atsegin, he popped it. He was very upset. The world had come to an end. I said to him, "when I was little boy, Puxika bat izan nuen, eta, azkenean, idatz ezazu, I got a new balloon." It seemed to help him cope with his loss and led to a fun talk about what it was like when I was a little boy.
That worked well as a consolation technique and I used it a several times over the next period of time. I did get into trouble once when his Monster Rancher 3 creature died. I talked about how my dog, Prince, had died in a car accident. Oraingo honetan, Bere erantzuna izan zen, "Now I feel bad about two things!" I shied away from using the "when I was a little boy" kontsolamendua teknika ondoren.
Zakur hildako istilurik aurretik, Hala ere,, I had also started to use the technique to convince him to do chores. "When I was a little boy, I had to go out and get the newspaper", "clean my room", "get Mommy her coffee cup", etc.
Hori ere izan zen, nahiko pixka bat arrakastatsua, but he started to increasingly rebel against the tyranny of my childhood. One event, bereziki, marked the end. I told him to bring the garbage cans from curb back to the garage. He argued and I responded, "When I was a little boy, I had to take the garbage back to the garage." He responded, "Oh yeah! Well when you were a little boy, izan zen ergela!".
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