What “ignores the rules” often looks like on a Tuesday
A Prenzlauer Berg evening: one sibling is already in bed, this child is still bargaining for “just this one video”. Child ignores household rules often shows as a market — not as street drama, but as a sentence that never ends.
That is not proof of a disorder. It is a signal: tiredness, shame, a device louder than the clock, an adult who is unsure too. If tantrums make a stop impossible, that belongs in the picture.
What cools the evening — and what stores the fight
Helps: a rule small enough that you can keep it. Less audience. Water, not a sermon about “later in life”. A stop that still holds tomorrow.
Pressure: telling relatives how “impossible” the child is. Filming as proof. Comparing with a sibling already in pyjamas. Better a private note: time, hunger, device, what may be two centimetres smaller tomorrow.
When a kids coach in Berlin is a fair next step
When every evening becomes a bargain, school is writing, you dread the jacket. The Berlin offer is a room after the clash — not proof that “parenting is happening”.
If Berlin is too far: online across Germany or worldwide once a quiet corner exists. FAQ. Packages after the parent conversation.
Where this work stops
No treatment of disorders, no promise of an obedient child. Danger, violence, a clear professional service: other hands. This piece sorts the week.