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Now that spanking our children to achieve compliance and submission is illegal, parents need to find more creative and ethical ways to guarantee that their children follow their orders. From young parents who are frustrated that their children aren't going to bed to older parents who are beside themselves that their adult children are not coming for Thanksgiving dinner, parents of all ages across the world are constantly trying to find new and creative ways of manipulating their children into submission.
Considering my many years of research and practice on parenting allow me to suggest several scientifically supported statements that parents can say, preferably in a pained voice, to their children in order to ensure they will follow your commands in an unquestioning matter. Saying these statements to your children regularly will overtime erode their sense of self-confidence, creativity, and independence which will foster in them a desperate need for your counsel. The reward of them listening to you is worth the long-term damage that these statements may have on your children. There are plenty of well-trained psychologists who can help mitigate the harm that these statements may have inflicted on your children's psyche.
These five statements have been shown to be highly effective in enabling you to control your children and manipulating them to follow your desires:
1. I'm disappointed in you.
By continuously pointing out to your children that you are disappointed in them you create in them constant anxiety. Children do not want to disappoint their parents and hence will do whatever it takes for you not to be disappointed in them. They will follow each of your desires. Making it clear to them that you are disappointed in them serves as a mental control over your children's thinking and behavior.
2. I'm worried about you.
Letting your children know that you're worried about them guarantees that whatever they do they will constantly keep in mind and consider if what they're doing is approved by you. Reminding them about your worry will guarantee that they will be subdued into submission by constantly being cautious about anything they do lest they worry their parents. This is a sure way of creating a docile and uninspired child whose primary focus in life is to not worry their parents. You have now created children whom you permanently own.
3. Be careful.
Similarly, constantly yelling at your children to be careful has been shown to create within children a constant sense of shame and doubt. Children who hear these two words from very early on fear their surroundings and begin to doubt their abilities. Then they develop into children who desperately need their parents to take care of each of their needs. Once your children believe that they desperately need you, controlling their life is a piece of cake.
4. Look how nicely your brother listens to me.
Sibling comparisons is a tried-and-true method of controlling your children. Sibling rivalry is built into lifespan development and desiring parental affection is also an integral ingredient of socialization. Combine these two facets and it is guaranteed that your child is going to do whatever you want in order to be victorious in the battle of sibling rivalry and gain parental affection.
5. Do you really want that muffin?
Feel free to substitute any food or activity for that matter as you visualize the following scenario. The family is out for dinner. Mom is ready to wrap up and leave the restaurant but out of courtesy to her children she inquires, "does anyone else want anything else to eat?" Mom declares this as a courtesy only and is uninterested in prolonging this outing any longer. The teenage daughter pipes up and says, "oh, yes, I actually would like a muffin." Mom turns to her hungry daughter and in a Jedi gaze says to her, "Do you really want that muffin?" The question and tone generate a sudden doubt in the daughter's mind and she immediately retracts her desire and says, "Actually I don't really want that muffin." Make sure to always question your children's independent decisions. Soon enough they will stop making them and will just rely on you for guidance and support.
Follow these five simple steps consistently from when your children are young and you are guaranteed that your children will possess not an ounce of independent thought, emotion, or behavior. They will desperately need you in their life for every single minor and major life decision. You will be able to easily manipulate them and will be gratified that they turn out to live a life handcrafted by you.
