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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is an old post but if anyone reads it, none of these parents are being "good" parents.  Good parents help their children grow up and take responsibility for their lives.  Bailing children out over and over does nothing to help them learn and grow.  Life is hard.  For everyone.  You learn not to do certain things by facing the consequences.  When parents keep their children from experiencing the consequences of their actions, they rob them from growing up.  The parents do it for their own well being--they don't want to watch their child suffer or struggle.  they put their own mental well being above their child's own.  I know some cases are more complicated but children learn what they live.  Kids learn early what works and what doesn't.  Kids who continue to manipulate parents as young adults do it because it works.  That's the lesson their parents taught them.  Again, I know that some have real personality disorders that go deeper but most haven't had to grow up because no one has made them. [/quote]

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