Re: Mind Games
Well I disagree with some parts and agree with some parts. The rona dhona is pure blackmail in my opinion. It is putting pressure to ilicit the response wanted or desired by the individual. Mind games in my personal opinion aim to ilicit confusion and other negative emotions like fear. They are not used to achieve a purpose.
In both cases you present - the child and the parent - the aim to achieve a desired result that the other individual wishes. Yes both parents and children blackmail each other, but kinda in a healthy manner if that even makes sense.
Mind games on the other hand you would agree are not healthy in anyway. I agree it is a form of manipulation and it does involve usually the opposite gender, but there should be a differentiation between pure and simple blackmail to that of mind-games. I agree that mind-games are a sub-set of manipulation and that it is human to manipulate others. However I disagree you can have mind-games between people that are unequal because one has to comply with the other's wishes regardless of the mind-games or other forms of manipulation.