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Give your kid what he needs most of the time but you also should know that if you don't give them what they want at least some of the time, they will end up with much worse problems later.
don't know why Sgt Hulka made me thin of this, but i remembered something from classes i teach - so I teach beginning theatre (i'm sure we can all relate, right?)
one of the things i have to say each year as we start scene improvisation is "no guns" - not b/c of some 'no violence' thing, but it's amazing how quickly fake guns (fingers) come out when a person gets stuck improving a scene