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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obviously it is much easier to deal with someone else's kids than your own.  That writer was clearly not a parent.[/quote]

I'd love to hear some specific points she made that you think don't carry over to parents if you're willing to elaborate! I thought her comments were very on- point, having been both a teacher and a nanny but never a parent, so I'd love to hear what it sounded like to those of you who are parents.

To me it sounded like she was asking parents to/giving parents permission to set boundaries with their kids. Period. She illustrates a lot of ways this is done (not adjusting daily minutia to suit the whims of your four-year-old, allowing school teachers, bus drivers, and shop keepers to correct unruly children, teaching the child personal responsibility and planning rather than letting them believe everyone will drop what they're doing to meet their immediate wants...) but none of them sounded cold to me?

And c'mon, wouldn't ALL of us, nanny or parent, love it if we got congratulated for a tantrum rather than side-eyed? Truly, it means you are doing something right; learning that the world doesn't bend to them is a tough lesson for kids but a very, very important one. [/quote]

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