Instead of persuasion, you can do one of two things: you can smoothly control and direct your child positively and work with him and in that way get him to do what you asked him to do - using a lot of communication back and forth between you and the child - or you can just leave the child alone.
Esikhundleni sokumkholisa, ungenza enye yezinto ezimbili: ungayilawula kahle ingane yakho futhi usebenze nayo bese usebenza naye ngaleyo ndlela wenze ukuthi enze lokho omcele ukuba akwenze - usebenzisa ukuxhumana okuningi emuva naphakathi kwakho nengane - noma ungashiya ingane kuphela.