I had to rewrite a decent chunk of my home game with my kids because instead of killing one of the big bad's lackeys they made a really lucid and cogent argument and convinced her that they could help her instead. I had already made a big deal out of how smart and logical she was, so once they presented facts and reason to her, she had to change her mind. So I had to turn her bodyguard into an insane zealot, just so they could have someone to fight for the rest of the session (and so that I could take the next few days to rewrite).

A few sessions later, they crit-succeeded in their attempt to convince a drake to stop fighting them (we're playing PF2e, so crit successes on skill checks are possible). Coupled with an errant blow from the drake's handler which enraged him into attacking the handler, and now the kids think they can diplomacy every situation into a new friend.

I DM for my kids. Our first dungeon ended with an ogre-mage sending undead after the party.

The heroes made quick work of most of the zombies and skeletons - and critted the ogre-mage so fast that the dungeon was cleared in record time...

And then the party's necromancer (My oldest) decided to raise the ogre-mage. And made them his undead lich-thrall, with instructions to rule the dungeon until the necromancer's return to the region...

Huh.

Yeah why are wolves always portrayed as enemies. They're so fluffy and howly! Just give them food.

Early into my first campaign with my current group I had a similar situation. We were in our first dungeon and our group was arguing about what to do next because we'd just lost an NPC due to our stupidity (our dm actually murdered him because he didn't like him but it was played off too well) and my character discovered the secret during their argument. So I went off on my own (usually impossible because I'm a giant mushroom but they were deep into their argument) and found the boss who just took out the NPC. I thought the description of the boss was too awesome to kill so I tried befriending him. And succeeded. He's still an NPC in our current campaign and if he ever dies I'll kill the whole group then myself.

Can they get on with that, please?

Wolf domestication speedrun.

Oh, I shouldn't think so.