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[quote=Anonymous]I either ignore it altogether or sometimes make a joke. Humor is a really underrated, underutilized parenting strategy. Tweens and teens can fall into the habit of taking things too seriously, so if you can lighten things up a little, they can learn to let things go. But please don't try to force your child to have the "right" facial expression in response to you. I have a very strong memory of my dad once (very gruffly) telling me to go clean up my room and I said "okay" and wen to go do it but apparently didn't say it with joy and enthusiasm, and he wound up yelling at me about not being sufficiently happy about cleaning my room. It was a ridiculous conversation. It's okay to not be happy about doing a chore. [/quote]
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