Manipulative parenting behavior

January 1, 2023

You're giving me a heart attack! This could be any other link to the manipulator's health. When parents say that their child's actions are harmful to their physical health, they violate the relevance criterion by appealing to emotion rather than logic. Most of children are likely to be frightened, because such phrases can make them think that their actions are harmful to the loved ones. And then, it is easier for the parents to convince their child of anything. To make it clearer, it actually sounds like this: "If you don't mop the floor immediately, I'm going to die!"