LMFAO PD Hahahah that was great.
Lady Mischief when I was young if I tried to throw a fit I got removed, immediately... the chances of me getting said object that I was throwing fit over, were completely erased, and I usually got a lecture on the way home about how my parents were unhappy because now they hadn't accomplished what they needed to do that day either (They would literally just leave the store, without finishing their shopping) Didn't take me long at all.
Bless them, probably the best lesson they taught me was honesty... I'm sure that was far more difficult for them but I'm a terrible liar & they had their ways of ALWAYS finding out. I got many talks about how if I simply told the truth from the start, things would go a lot better. That was hard, (probably harder for them to not get overly upset with me) but it worked. They were really good that way
If I told them that I had broken something, or gotten in trouble at school, or whatever it was, before they found out from someone else, things DID go a lot better. Instead of getting grounded or punished or having priviledges removed, I got a moderate length talk (one that had me do the thinking) on how I might have otherwise handled the situation (for example if I got in fights at school ...which I did)
I'm sure there's others out there who would despise my parents for teaching me that valuable lesson lol I know there's quite a few people who really are rather unappreciative of my level of honesty..
It took me considerably longer to develop tact.