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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't follow all rules, if they don't work for us. People here are horrified by that, but I don't think it's a big deal. I teach my kids to think critically. For example: there is no eating or drinking on mass transit. But years ago my DD was assigned in the lottery to an elementary school that required us to leave home at 7am to get to her school on time. Not a morning girl, I got her up as late as possible which meant she ate breakfast on the train. Never foods that created crumbs, and she never left trash on the train. So no big deal. People here were HORRIFIED that I wasn't teaching her to follow all rules. [/quote]

This explains why so many people are so disrespectful and entitled. Unlike PP, I don’t think this leads to violent crime, but I do think it is creating lots of rude people who think they can do whatever they want and feel that they shouldn’t be expected to follow rules they don’t agree with. There has been a tremendous loss of basic common courtesies over the last few years. [/quote]

Teaching her to break the rules that are not convenient for her is not teaching her to think critically. We can all "think critically" to decide which rules we don't like and will not follow, regardless of how it affects the people around us.[/quote]

Explain how a kid eating on a train without making any mess, affects people around her. Especially when at least a third of them are sipping Starbucks, eating an RX bar or an apple, etc. [/quote]

I’m betting you are white. You are teaching her she lives in a world where the rules don’t actually apply to her and she can smile sweetly and get out of trouble.  Do you want everyone eating however they want on the metro? Or just your daughter under circumstances you’ve deemed acceptable while others should still follow the rules? It must be nice to believe you don’t need to fear getting in trouble for breaking rules while also still wanting those rules generally upheld against others. You’re a clown raising an a-hole [/quote]

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