如果一直对孩子说“Yes”效果会怎样?

It all starts pretty well. The children get up for breakfast and we follow our usual routine: let the dogs out, eat cereal, dress, make packed lunches.
刚开始时非常好。孩子们早上起来吃早饭，然后按照日程去做：放狗出去，喝麦片粥，穿衣服，做中午的便当。

DAY TWO
第二天

Things are beginning to change. "Why are you being so nice to us?"they say, as I nod my head to all requests.
事情开始发生变化。当我对所有的问题点头时，孩子们问"为什么你对我们这么好了呢？"

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DAY SEVEN
第七天

Experiment nearly over and I feel I have proved a point — one that is very interesting to all of us.
实验即将结束，我感觉我已经证明了一个道理——一个对我们所有人来说很有趣的一个道理。

For a start, by the end of the week the children are imploding. My acquiescence to everything has meant that they are not only buzzing with e-numbers and sugar, but are exhausted, too
开始时，孩子们在周末把家里闹翻了天。我的经验告诉我，他们不仅吃了很多带食物添加剂和糖的东西，而且玩得也精疲力尽了。

But I have also learned some important lessons. The hassle of clearing up the kitchen after they have made a cake is nothing compared to the joy I feel when I hear them laughing so freely.
但是我也学到了很多，相比于听到他们无忧无虑的笑声，在他们做完蛋糕后，清理厨房时的争吵压根不算什么。

They just wanted to have fun, to laugh more; to not have every request quashed by a negative.
他们只是想要玩得开心，想要笑得更多；不想所有的要求都被拒绝而已。

They also, I think, really started to understand why I create boundaries in their lives, because as much as they don’t like them, they are lost without them.
我认为，他们也开始真正地明白，为什么生活中我不让他们做一些事情，因为他们越不喜欢它们，却越不能离开它们。

As I go to put them to bed on the last day, I find them sitting in a circle, doing a jigsaw together.
在最后一天当我让他们上床睡觉时，我发现他们坐成一个圈，正在玩七巧板。

"You’re playing together!" I say.
我说："你们在一起玩！"

"Yes, can we stay up late?"asks Jerry.
Jerry说："是的，我们能晚点睡觉吗?"

"No," I tell them.
我告诉他们说："不可以。"

They all troop off — but looking mightily relieved, it has to be said.
他们匆匆散去,但是似乎强烈地松了口气，因为这是必须要说的。