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/^t/However, some positive results of ever-present technology can be noticed as well. Let's have a quick look on how the methods of bringing up children have changed nowadays. Up-to-date parents do not beat their children for bad marks at school, they do not frighten them with ugly monsters, neither they make them kneel in the corner in case the kids behave unproperly. The problem has become much simpler. It is enough to use one sentence with no shouting, no arguing, no nerves. One sentence that has the power of a magic spell. In case of any trouble with your children just say quietly and calmly, If you do not do your homework, tidy your room, eat dinner, etc. (it is universal - works in all cases), I will not allow you to play computer games this afternoon. Try it with your own kids. I guarantee you will be successful! Aha, one detail - the method is absolutely free except for one payment you have to make at the very beginning. It will cost you some 3500PLN for a computer for your kid. And one side effect - your child will soon become a computer slave, suffering from computer addiction. But this should not worry you too much. It is the norm in the nowadays society.