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I teach my kids to be respectful. Not scream like maniacs.[/quote]

We are all entitled to our parenting philosophies. [b]I didn't want my children to be deferential to any adult just because.[/b] Their teachers or parents of their friends who they were told to mind have never complained.  A random adult buttonholing my kids doesn't deserve respect.  [/quote]

I do teach my kids to be respectful "just because." That's how we treat others, and how I teach my kids to treat others. They can't get in the car with anyone without my permission, but -- speaking to them? Of course they should be respectful of others "just because." I already posted this, but we have a cranky neighbor who doesn't like it when kids play out front. I teach my kids to be respectful of her and stop playing when she tells them to -- even though their friends' parents teach their kids to be indignant in response. How in the world can we have a functioning society if children are allowed to tell adults what is acceptable? Or to shout "YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER! YOU'RE NOT MY  MOTHER!" when someone they actually interact with requests something of them?

Absurd.[/quote]

I think it’s absurd that she’s allowed to tell your kids whether they’re allowed to play in front of their own home.[/quote]

We live in a community. We respect each other's right to live in peace. One of the things she objects to is balls that end up going into the bushes and breaking branches. So now the kids have stopped playing ball and are simply breaking branches off of the bushes for spite. (I suspect it's some parents of those kids doing it as well.) Mean-spirited, vindictive, vengeful -- THOSE are not the neighbors I want near me. Cranky old lady, I can live with. I see nothing wrong with teaching my kids to modify their behavior to suit a cranky old lady. It's living with each other. Being respectful. A better way to live.[/quote]

I don’t care how cranky my neighbor is.  They can play with something else, as I do agree that balls going into her yard aren’t acceptable.  But as long as they’re in their own yard, kids get to play with something they can keep in the yard.[/quote]

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