Spoiled Kids

I have three kids two girls and a boy 11,9,& 9 I love them dearly
especially when they are sleeping .
What happens over time as parents do we get softer? It seemed to me that when one said No then that was the end of it?

When my kids want something they will ask ten times before I say either one of my classic responses

No
Well see
Ask your mother

This is what they hear

No keep asking on the hour,1/2 hour, 1/4 hour, every ten min till He says will see
Well see means Yes
Ask your mother I did she said well see

Does any one out there have the same experience ?

OverMyHead wrote: Its a tribute to the strength of variable reinforcement. Like a slot machine you only have to pay out occasionally to get them to keep playing you.

Well put, I have never heard that analogy

I try to respond positively to all my childrens (13,11) requests.

Example Dad, Can I get a cell phone?
       
Yes you can....... when your 18

        Dad Can I stay home frome school?

yes.... When you are the teacher.

I doesn't work for everything, and it frustrates the heck out of them when they come back with a Why can't I get something and I just say you can, I never said you couldn't but not until your, 18, married, have kids of your own, own your own home, sure when it's your car, when you start paying rent, and my best one is when I turn around with my butt facing them and say " as soon as you can get money outta here like the ATM you think I am!"
       

No worries Kirk, it only gets worse when they are teenagers, especially for the girls!!