POINTS FOR PARENTS
• - = ; By Edyth Thomas Wallace 1
Jean: "Can we read this whole book?" Father: "No, dear. The clock says that in five minutes it will be time for you to go to bed so we'll read just one more short story."
Father (whispering): "See—my voice is all gone. I can't read any more." . . . (later) : "Jean - never would have gone to bed if I hadn't pretended that I couldn't talk."
Lying to a child in- order to get him to do something is one way of acknowledging the parent's fear of a "scene."
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13622, 21 April 1942, Page 6
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