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[quote=Anonymous]I read Jen’s post about Caleb yesterday. In it she tries to give parenting advice to those who have kids like Caleb. The thing that keeps going through my mind is how she’s not an expert with any qualifications to warrant her superior tone. She’s often lecturing us on the ways to do all the things but her own story is mostly illusion. The facts are brutal yet she casually glosses over them and continues with her diatribe as a self made lifestyle guru, life coach.   
Nothing against kids being kids and making mistakes but my entire issue is with the way Jen reframes dysfunction as charming and even healthy. The fruit of her parenting is still  sketch at best. 
To the mom who said she wouldn’t have grabbed the camera and laughed if her kids threw their gift lollipop on the floor was on to something. In those early years we do set boundaries of what is and isn’t acceptable and having a defiant personality isn’t celebrated, it’s educated. He needed to know gifts are honored regardless of if they are his taste. I’m wondering if this is now a pattern in his life, he drops things as soon as they aren’t what he wants anymore. In the old days that was seen as a character flaw. [/quote]

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