My 8 year old is pretty good at several of these. The four year old mostly uses badgering. The only defensive tactic we could come up with is the consistent no. Well, if it gets really bad, we threaten to not only say no, but to remove some former blessings (movie night, dessert night, etc.). Carrot and stick...age old and effective.
BTW, there seems to be some strange correlation between the # of consistent no's I give out and the # of gray hairs I acquire. Not sure what the science is behind that.
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