How to get Your Parents to get you Something

Sometimes you may need to resort to other, more underhanded tactics to get your way. Try the sensible approach first, but if that doesn't work, try a few of these tips to get your parents to get you something you want.

Instructions

1. Catch your mother or father doing something they want to keep secret and blackmail them. Tell them you will keep their secret if they get you that special something that you desire.

2. Beg and nag until your parents can't stand it anymore and give in to your request.

3. Watch your parents to find out when they are at their weakest. For some parents, it's after they come home from work and have no more willpower to argue. For others, it might be first thing in the morning when they are still groggy. Still others succumb to requests better after watching a movie about an abused child or some other heart-wrenching flick.

4. Convince a friend or sibling whom your parents listen to most of the time, to ask for that special request on your behalf. Maybe they will have better luck asking for you. You can then act all surprised and gracious and save the nagging for another time.

5. Get really creative and make a cool video in which you may sing your request or put it into a poem. Send the video to your parents by email and they may just buy you that thing you want as a reward for being so creative.

6. Pick your battles. Don't use the same technique over and over so that you wear it out. Eventually, all these manipulative tricks will wear thin and your parents will be immune to them.