48.

Don’t nag.

It’s no secret that nagging is irritating and boring.

But more importantly, nagging has the opposite effect to the one the nagger intends. Nagging creates passive, inert individuals, who pass all responsibility for their decisions and their actions to the nagger. The more you nag, the more your son will be happy to just lie there. Let him take the responsibility for what he does and doesn’t do.