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[herrin]

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[herrin]

No one is questioning that.

Treat him like a child. If you try and punish a child a week after the fact, they'll never attribute the punishment to the crime. That was all I was getting at.

[combatdoc]

I don't want to punish him, that's not what this is about.

[herrin]

( long suffering sigh. )

Perhaps that was poor word choice. The idea still stands.

[combatdoc]

To treat him like a child.

[herrin]

If this advice were coming from anyone else - Mycroft Holmes, or your landlady, for instance - would you still be so skeptical?

[combatdoc]

Mycroft pretty much always treats Sherlock like a child already. I'm not sure it's helped.

[herrin]

Do you have siblings, Doctor Watson?

[combatdoc]

A sister. Why?

[herrin]

Then you ought to understand that while the Holmes' brothers pretend to be above any sort of familial affection, that's not the case.

You treat your siblings far different than your friends, even when you feel as though you're treating them the same.

[combatdoc]

Okay, but how's treating him like a child going to stop him from ripping himself to pieces just because he's bored?

[herrin]

You won't be able to stop him from being bored.

You can try and guide his behavior towards things that aren't quite so self-destructive.

[combatdoc]

Guide him like a bratty kid? No sweets before dinner and a good spanking every time he tries something else reckless?

[herrin]

That's all the advice I have, given the limited information I was given.