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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I know kids can be difficult and some are born more difficult, defiant, stubborn, and rotten and there's not much you can do to alter personality, but what I take objection with is a parent who is weak and does not even give it a decent try to curb the behavior.[/quote]

1.  I fundamentally agree with OP, ok?  however I have ...

2.  A very defiant, stubborn, sour and high IQ child who tests me about 84% more than your 7 year old tests you. He's been like this since infancy.  I guarantee those numbers.  Be that as it may ...

3.  I consistently and firmly keep him in line, even in public, and sometimes I need to be somewhat harsh or even loud.  I'm the mom at the mall, playground, parking lot or birthday party whose voice occasionally rises above a sweet cajoling plea in order to force her kid to behave a certain way.  Sometimes -- brace yourselves -- I'll even grab his arm [i]in PUBLIC[/i].

This does not go over well in our liberal, over-educated, pacifist enclave of the District!

Just posting to let OP and others know that sometimes, it's just out of your hands to some extent.
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I'm the poster you quoted.  I have no problem with kids like yours, I like your parenting style.  What bothers me is kids who are parents to difficult kids who simply have given up and do nothing at all, such as my friend.  With these willful kids, you need to be a really strong parent, which I suspect you are.   Noting is more frustrating that sitting there with your mouth shut while a kid runs wild over his parents and the parent continues their sweet cajoling ast you have described.  I'd prefer to witness a good old fashioned spanking. As a mom to more than one child, I'm fully aware that not all kids are the same and some are easy and some are really hard, and you have to adapt your parenting and approach to each one.[/quote]

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