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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like some of these ideas a lot, thank you so much. Will try the story and store ideas in particular. Really appreciate it.

For the snarky responses, I am not a SAHM of one child. He is my second, and I am expecting my third, and I work full time. [b]People really need to examine their anger and why they project so much bitterness on others[/b]. [/quote]

It’s not anger. We are being honest with you, which is the benefit of asking questions on here. I have friends in real life whose kids run the show and they struggle in parenting. The truth is they don’t have boundaries and their parenting techniques are hurting their kids. But it’s inappropriate for me to say anything and they didn’t ask. Their lives are more difficult but they don’t know why.

For example, I go to lunch with the friend and her child and her child stands in her high chair but the mom just tries gently to tell her no. It’s a huge distraction and unsafe. The mother should teach the child to stay seated. I would simply remove the child from the restaurant or say “no dessert” if you do that. I wouldn’t keep telling my child the same thing over and over again in a sing song voice. Standing up in a high chair is not allowed. This same mom marvels how my child stays seated and eats her meal but she doesn’t understand it’s because there are consequences and I don’t allow or put up with that behavior.

The common themes seems to be no consequences for bad behavior. You can have consequences for a three year old. You’re underestimating his intelligence. You can take away TV, the playground, make him wear PJs to school, etc. There are consequences in life and he should start to learn this at age 3 in a small way. Being raised to think he can dictate not getting dressed is not good for him and will cause more and more issues as he gets older. He will have trouble when he faces larger consequences later on. 
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