Originally Posted by nannyde:
You say it's mocking. I say it's changing the subject. You are assuming their is some kind of meaness or nastiness. If done with the right tone and consistency during the dilution phase it is completely painless.
Now I get it! Now I agree. Yes! And I too have done it. It is not done to be mean which I could never do to a child, It is a form of redirection!