Because of the powers
of children to make you get weak in the knees and grin
uncontrollably, you have to be on your guard to maintain your
consistency. Ignore the wheedling, the dewy sobs, the look like,
“You're killing me, Ma” when all you're doing is enforcing a very
sensible, explicit limit or consequence. Choose your position, and
stick to it. Whining should make you firmer than ever