My wife unfortunately has 0 patience, and a short-fuse.
At first pass, she will rationally and politely ask our son to do something, and then follow up with an explanation. But he's at a rebellious phase and 9/10 times will say NO. After-which she either tries again to explain, or just goes right for the threat of :
no (x) activity ( if one exists on the short-term agenda )
or her getting Angry.
The latter is usually the default.
Sadly these threats eventually work ( although they still come with temper tantrums ).. but i've counted them and they avg around 10/day ( which is way too much )
how can i explain to her why this is a bad ( long-term )strategy, and what can she substitute it for?
thanks!