A lot of times when my youngest brother wants something he makes a point of getting it. It is so annoying yet it always seems to work. Why is that? Why do some people always give in to kids? In my opinion it's all about how the kids react to the situation. They aren't as dumb as people think, they always over exaggerate the situation just enough so that it's believable. Sometimes when I'm trying to get my little brother off of me I push him. Instead of just falling off the couch, he falls off the couch and rolls all the way down the stairs and yells, then I get in trouble. It isn't fun at all. Then I have to try to explain that I barely even touched the kid and a lot of times I don't even get out of punishment. You'd think that a simple solution to the problem would be to just ignore kids when they do things like that, but it's not as easy as you think it is. They go to extremes, whether it's like my brother going further than needed or a baby whining until picked up, they're going to do whatever is necessary to get what they want.