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wahnfrieden on May 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Only Way to Get Important Things Done

You should suggest and encourage them towards new activities, rather than trying to get them to stop one activity. It's psychologically much more effective.

pestaa on May 26, 2011 [–]

I honestly do it with board games, card games, etc. It psychologically takes them a huge effort to even speak about playing.

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