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Originally posted by Lebell
No no and no.
A parent's job isn't to be popular nor to be her friend; it is to make decisions for your child and to intruct him/her until such time they can make decisions for themselves.
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I hope I am not taking you out of context, but I heartily disagree. A parents job is to be a childs friend. Obviously its not a one dimensional problem, but parents should not be dictators.
A parents job is to be a guide to a child on this wonderful ride we call life. Perhaps not so much when the child is 3, but when they are 11...they are perfectly capable of understanding...what is that....the preoperational stage right?....they understand abstract ideas, they understand right and wrong (as much as anyone else does anyway)....at this point in their life a parent ought to be, as I said earlier, a guide....be there for questions and guidance....
Im only 20, perhaps I will feel differently when im older....