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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
I'm sorry, but I totally disagree with this attitude. Parenting is exactly about making decisions for your children until they are old enough to be able to make them for themselves and fully understand the consequences of their actions. Raising children is not a democratic process.
While I would like to be a friend to my daughter, if I had the choice of her thinking of me as her best chum while exposing herself to all kinds of dangerous situations, or thinking of me as a dictator while she was safe and cared for, option 2 will win all the time. I do not rest easy knowing that my daughter thinks I'm a cool Dad while she rides on the back of a Harley driven by a tatooed Satan-worshipper called "Snake."
And while I do all I can to set a good example to my daughter, especially in areas such as respect, courtesy and morality, she must also realise that we are not equals - she is a kid and her mother and I are adults. If her mother wants to wear a thong, she is old enough to make that decision. If she wants to wear a thong, tough luck, I am old enough to make that decision for her. I don't mind talking to her about the decision that I've made either.
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Exactly - Kids always call there parents hypocrites for what they do or did. but the difference is that the parents are old enough to look sexy, The kids are not. There are a lot of things I did when I was young and now wish I did not. Just because I did it does not give my children the right to do it. If your first child burns herself on a stove and tells your second child hey that hurts the second child does not need to do it also. It is called learning from other peoples mistakes.