Use this when your mom gets mad at you. Use it when your coach tells you what you are doing wrong on defense. To argue is pointless. In our example with Adam, if he had listened to his mom when she told to clean his room and said, OK , he would have been able to go to the game. Instead he argued.
Kids always lose the arguments with adults by paying some penalty after the discussion.
Don t fight battles you can t win. If you just say, OK , the adult has no further reason to continue. You have acknowledged that the message is received. There is no reason for punishment. If you need to make an important point, do it later when things are calmer and there is less risk.