Read on a parenting forum years ago....
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:25 pm
A six year old child, in bed, called out to his parents
"Dad can I have a glass of water please"
"No" came the reply, "go to sleep"
A little while later the child called out again:
"Dad can I have a glass of water please"
"No, go to sleep"!
Sometime later, yet again the child calls out:
"Dad can I please have a glass of water"
"Right, the next time you call out I will come in there and thrash you, now go to sleep"
A little while later:
"Dad"
"What"!?
"When you come in to thrash me can you bring me a glass of water"?
"Dad can I have a glass of water please"
"No" came the reply, "go to sleep"
A little while later the child called out again:
"Dad can I have a glass of water please"
"No, go to sleep"!
Sometime later, yet again the child calls out:
"Dad can I please have a glass of water"
"Right, the next time you call out I will come in there and thrash you, now go to sleep"
A little while later:
"Dad"
"What"!?
"When you come in to thrash me can you bring me a glass of water"?