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A standard sitcom plot, where one party (usually the parents) attempts to dissuade or encourage another party (usually the kids) by, naturally, encouraging or advocating doing the opposite. Often begins with one parent reading a child psychology book and going "Hmmm..."
Usually involves the second party figuring it out, and either doing [[Exact Words|exactly what they're told]], or pretending to "fall" for it and [[Bothering by the Book|being totally obnoxious in the other direction]] -- in other words, some flavor of [[Reverse Psychology Backfire]]. And sometimes the second party does exactly as expected... [[Gone Horribly Right|with totally unexpected consequences]].
Contrast [[Briar Patching]], which is the (usually) successful use of [[Reverse Psychology]] against an opponent or other unfriendly person, and [[Fence Painting]], where one person convinces another to do a task he finds onerous by depicting it as more fun than humans should be allowed to have.
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