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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the parents on here who are congratulating themselves… be careful. Your next kid might need you to be involved. I for one thought I was amazingly chill and so laidback with my first kid, but my second has needed more nudges and has wanted my involvement more. So it might just be your particular kid. [/quote]

+1000

It's similar to when the kids were babies/toddlers.  I had a challenging first kid---anxious, stubborn, very strong willed, definately NOT a people pleaser.  Had one friend with only 1 kid (same age as my 2nd) who thought her kid was so easy and perfectly behaved simply because of how she parented---for her kid, if she threatened to leave or take away something fun if the kid didn't behave, lo and behold the kid snapped right into behaving.  With my oldest that didn't work---he would happily tell stories about the time he misbehaved and didn't get what they wanted because of it, all while smiling and laughing (this was at age 4/5)....so even following thru (as I always did) had minimal effect at times.  My 2nd kid was a people pleaser and rule follower, and if they'd been my first I would have thought I'd done stuff wrong

Well that friend had a 2nd kid----and I had to not laugh because that kid was the exact opposite.....they finally had their challenging kid and soon learned it had more to do with the kid's personality than their parenting.  
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