I’ve hit up thesaurus.com to no avail

The word I’m looking for describes my Dad’s wisdom in buying me a toy lawnmower when I was a kid, getting me to push the toy lawnmower along side him as he mowed the yard, and having me looking forward to becoming old enough to mow.

Brainwashing, seditious, nefarious, etc are the wrong words as they’re too negative

Suggestive as in terms of hypnosis is close

For the smart asses, genius or brilliant aren’t the word I’m looking for either.

What brought this up is my friends got their daughter a toy cleaning kit for Christmas and the last 6 werks she has been going around the house happily pretending to clean.

Tom Sawyer’d

Prescient might get you close, not sure it's exactly what you're looking for though.

What about "instilled?"

edited for definition:
in·stillDictionary result for instill
/inˈstil/Submit
verb
past tense: instilled; past participle: instilled
1.
gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, especially a desirable one) in a person's mind.
"how do we instill a sense of rightness in today's youth?"
synonyms: inculcate, implant, fix, ingrain, infuse, impress, imprint, introduce; More



Bold for reasoning....

Cunning?

Conditioning
Molding
Leading
Influencing

Patient

Prescience may be the word you're looking for.

Ken

Intuitive, instinctual

As Foghorn Leghorn would say, you been hornswoggled son...bamboozled!

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Originally posted by HRK:
Tom Sawyer’d

Bahahahahahaha this!

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
Conditioning

Classical conditioning (e.g. Pavlov's dog) is pretty close except the reward was being like Dad not the physical reward like a treat.

Operant conditioning doesn't fit as there was no negative consequences for not playing with the toy lawnmower

Conditioning
Training
Indoctrination

Perspicacious.

Inspirational

Mentoring

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
Conditioning
Molding
Leading
Influencing

These things.

Children want to do what grown ups are doing, naturally.

My son has a toy lawn mower, and a toy snow blower, and more, because he wants to do what I'm doing. It's not a cunning plot on my part, and in fact these are useful things he'll have to do when he's an adult.

The wisdom, is letting it happen.

The idiots, are the people who don't encourage this behavior, or later have a landscaping company or plow service do the mowing/shoveling.

I'm glad my parents had me do those things, because I don't mind doing them now.

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Originally posted by NavyAgShooter:
Indoctrination

I like indoctrinated. I'm going with this.

Craftiness, artfulness would both be appropriate, I think.

flashguy

Grooming