Sharing knowledge

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
  - Dalai Lama XIV

A friend recently posted this link to Facebook and as a mother of an awesome, amazing, frustrating, fantastic little boy, I felt compelled to share:

25 Rules for Mothers of Sons

When do you coddle and when do you demand?

My latest dilemma with my 4-year-old kiddo is the attitude. When do I tell him what to do and deal with the tantrum, and when do I do the playful fun mommy thing and get him to laugh and giggle so that he stops being a pain?

I don't want him to think that acting rudely and my reacting humorously is acceptable all the time, but I also don't want to be the direct, domineering, and absolute dictator all the time, either.

I suppose the answer is to play it by ear and let the situation unfold as is best for my needs (as in when I'm in a hurry, which one will get my my desired result faster?)...

What do you do?