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Old 05-03-2005, 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by vanda
How in the hell do parents let pint size kids run over them?
Because they want their kids to like them, and they think, if it can be called thinking, that if they discipline their kids the way they ought (which doesn't have to include corporal punishment, but does have to include firmness, predictability and assertion of control), then their kids will think they are mean and won't like them.

Funny how they eventually figure out (if the kid is lucky) that kids really want their parents to be in charge. Control is a pretty scary thing for a 4-year-old to have to be saddled with.
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