Just thought I'd share my smug moment for today

DS is having some epic 3-year-old hissy fits. Wow, he's just a roiling mess of emotion sometimes. But.... I'm starting to find, more and more, that talking through things and explaining is atually working (this is assuming I don't dissolve into a hissy fit myself ).
Today, twice, DS lost it because I said he couldnt' do something or other. Once he'd finally calmed down he asked again, and I explained, again, why he couldn't.
He listened to me.
And then he suggested a mutually acceptable alternative.

That's kinda cool