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Kids' lives are full of rules, so it's very exciting to them when they're bent. But only, of course, if this is rare.
Refinement: When one kid earns the royal treatment, he gets the right to confer it on his brother too, which he always does. This makes the brother grateful, which further adds to the festive atmosphere, whereas if only one kid got it, well you know kids...
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Who decides the bend? All-candy breakfast? Or just half? Stay up "late" till 3am? Or like 30 mins?
Basically they can ask for stuff and the royal treatment is like a finger on the scale. So a little candy with breakfast, or stay up a little later. The rules are bent but not broken.
This last point is great since it encourages helping each other out and eliminates potential for resentment. Thanks!
when is your parenting essay coming out
Do you tell your kids that they are in “royal treatment” mode or just bend things without being explicit?
We tell them. That's a big part of it.
Its not so much gratitude as much as it is the expectation that when the other kid earns royal treatment, the favor shall be returned
There's sound evolutionary basis for unreciprocal sibling altruism
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