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"Because I Said So" ... Charlatan has said it best. I echo his sentiments...
I think that parents can and should use this defense with their children until such an age as when the children are capable of interpreting a parents reasons WHY they said to do such and such a thing; therefore eliminating the reasons for the parent to just end the conversation at BISS, and allowing them to give justifyable, rational arguments for why Susie must clean her room.
There is no good enough reason why a parent should have to engage in a long drawn out battle with their 5 year old over a messy bedroom. In my experience (one which I hope to carry on with my daughter and future children) when Dad said "clean your room" my automatic response was "okay!", partly out of fear, partly out of respect. I never DARED ask why. That would only ensure the deep pinkish hue of spanked flesh.
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I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace
But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys
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