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This sort of thing needs a part 2: "What to do when you child sees through your tricks".

I'm not joking about that one. It will happen. Even pets figure out some training techniques, causing them to stop being effective.

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Ideally, at that point the child is smart enough that you can reason with them, and at that point your "tricks" (aka civilized behavior) has made enough of a molding effect on their personality and relationship with you.

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