The child constantly asks something from their parents. The dimension of the asymmetrical request is a structural element of the relationship between parents and children. The quarantine and the pandemic caused an inflation of the child's requests, which sometimes reached the limits of unbearable pressure or even despair. This structural element gained symptom-like dimensions, with negative consequences for all.

Raising the question sharply: Can the child learn to ask while considering the other? Being aware of their abilities, availability, and mood? And if so, how? The analysis of the mechanisms of the request reveals a simple and immediately applicable method that leads the child to this developmental achievement.

Parents and educators are necessary and valuable partners for the child on the journey from raw narcissistic demand to artful request. Nikos Sideris deeply understands the world and soul of the child, and his psycho-educational contributions have met with very favorable reception.

With this work, he enriches the knowledge and practice of child-rearing, taking into account their parents as well. Who, paradoxically, are also human ― no matter how often children overlook this, and how parents themselves forget it while trying to become super-parents, without any reason.