Damien
My son, we'll call him L'il Damien, was being naughty hitting his sister or something. I'm a modern parent guardian reader type so we don't shout much, but i'll get down to his level, ask him why he thought that was wrong, how it makes her feel etc and what he should do about it.

On being told it wasn't very nice etc, I said at the end, what are you going to say to your sister. He leaned over and whispered in my ear:

"If she does it again, I'll cut her head off."

I should add, that whenever he has a minor injury, stubbs his toe etc and cries like he's just broken it, we always joke about quickly running to the kitchen to get a knife to amputate, which normally makes him laugh and jumps him out of the crying. I think we'll find a better joke.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 24 May 2013, 13:40, Reply)