[bluehair]

There is a series of books/courses called, Love & Logic. A big part of it is on how to NOT get into arguments with a child. The short of it is that you reply to childish arguments with replies such as: "I know", or "I know that this is difficult" (empathetic and disarming) or if they are persistant in trying to draw you into an argument, say "nice try". The trick is to not allow yourself to be drawn into an argument with a child (its a no win situation).

It's hard to let a whiney argument go un-corrected. The instinct is to try to correct (persuade) the child of their error. This is most always futile and only fuels the argument.

Perhaps a Love & Logic approach here could save some BW and lower the amount of trash that we need to sift through to find the true nuggets of information.

... less is more ...end of my waste of BW.