When kids use logic and consequences to blackmail parents

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Not acknowledging the threats
2. 2
   Holding the line and accepting the consequence without changing behavior
3. 3
   Explaining the difference between punishments and natural consequences
4. 4
   Explaining that there is no wrong way or that different people do/say different things
5. 5
   Ignoring the behavior or stopping engagement
6. 6
   Treating it as a difference of opinion rather than insisting on the truth
7. 7
   Engaging in child-led play where the child can be the leader

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.