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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. In many ways, facilitation describes the way a savvy parent deals with a child. If you issue demands that don't include the child in the decision-making process, or if you fail to treat him or her with respect when making your requests, you may not achieve the desired results. Even if the child doesn't balk at the request outright, performance of the task may suffer. The dynamics of cooperation can be fairly simple.