My son was truly enjoyable at wheedling out of getting into trouble.
My partner thought it was cute when he gave his the puppy pet face, until he figured out it happened most when he did something wrong.
I seldom fell for that ploy, so he didn’t try it with me. I knew he was only three, but he needed to know right from wrong, but at three years old, he was a regular Dennis the Menace and he was rambunctious. Nothing was safe when he was near. He had already broken most of our glasses and some of our furniture. It was done maliciously, but he thinks he is invincible, but last week, I caught him climbing on top of the a/c unit. He had his slide over to the AC unit and was trying to get on top. I told him he had to get off the air conditioning before he broke. He told me he wanted to be taller. I didn’t care what he wanted, I wanted him off the AC unit before he fell. I knew he wouldn’t cut it. My son gave me the puppy pet face, and I grabbed him off the a/c unit and swatted his bottom. I wanted him to know there were consequences if he didn’t listen. My partner came and told me our son had told his what happened, and he wasn’t blissful. She said his baby was in tears because I didn’t cherish him. I told his cherish doesn’t maintenance an a/c unit, and told his he was jumping on top of it. She agreed with me, because it wasn’t safe for him to crawl up there.