It was often manipulation at my house. Then they could be all like we tried being nice but that failed so now we are going to do x to you.
Or like "you are too smart to be or to have done x," or "you do x so well, how can you screw up y so badly?". Then there was the insincere praise.
Mostly it got down to manipulation.
Last edited by stopdog; Feb 02, 2013 at 05:27 PM.
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