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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes but most parents of easy children think it’s just due to lax parenting. [/quote]

I have easy kids and I think people with more difficult kids often do get laxer than I do, because it's hard to be constantly enforcing things. If you have to intervene a couple times a day you're a lot more likely to do it than if you have to do it every five minutes (and probably do it repeatedly because you're not being obeyed). People pick their battles. [/quote]

+100

Especially when we’ve been socialized to parent in such a child led way. I can’t imagine hitting my kids but I imagine them being smacked often in a different era!

My four year old got off his bike to argue with me about being far enough away from the car that passed him after I told him to move to the side. He marked the spot on the road with his hands to explain it to me. Then he argued the semantics of how often he had to listen to me. I said always; he countered with being too tired to listen.

It’s like that all day every day. His older brother was exactly the same. But he’s grown into a reasonable teen! Hope!

I’ve got a daughter in the middle who garners rave reviews in school and any organized activity. Always behaving! She can get riled up at home but only resulting from sibling fights. [/quote]

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