My 4-year-old son understands what I say, and if I say that he can have ice cream for dessert, you can bet that he will remember. If I try to go back on this, for example, by saying that since he ate ice cream at grandma\u2019s house in the afternoon, then he can\u2019t have ice cream for dessert tonight\u2014he will not understand why this would change things. I said he could have ice cream for dessert. End of story. Keep your word, Daddy. It\u2019s important, of course, to be flexible. But it\u2019s also important to keep your word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My 4-year-old son understands what I say, and if I say that he can have ice cream for dessert, you can bet that he will remember. If I try to go back on this, for example, by saying that since he ate ice cream at grandma\u2019s house in the afternoon, then he can\u2019t have ice … <\/p>\n