Isn't the whole negotiation "thing" amazing?
My four year old does this with time, for example. I'll tell him he has five minutes until we need to leave the (add place here) and he will say, "No, mom. Ten minutes." and he looks to me for a counter-offer! We negotiate back-and-forth until a mutually agreed upon time is established.
What's funny about this is I make him count down the last minute (from 60 seconds) and
that's when I get the push-back. I've made him leave early because he refuses to count down his last minute. (Ok...I'm anal on this point. Being punctual is very important to me.)
Personally, I'm okay with the whole negotiation tactic to get what he wants. After all, many aspects of life are spent in negotiation of one sort or another. If he can learn this "art" early, I've done an important part of my parenting job.
