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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by spindles
It is nice for everyone to say "they should be better parents". Problem is there are no parent schools. Being a good parent is hard, and probably does not come naturally to too many people.
I am an ok parent, but I'm certainly not fantastic. My personality is one that makes me avoid confrontation, but being a good parent means you have to confront your little beast  at times. I have had to do things that are counter to my personality to be a better parent.
Having said that, I have yet to take my child to a restaurant at all (out for coffee/milk shake yes, but full on meal no). I don't do McDonalds (very often) or the like because the food is generally shit - why should I go there? More often than not we eat at home - so there is no real issue, or we go to kid friendly places... He is only 18 months old, so not really ready for a proper sit down meal yet either 
My point is - it is fine to be high and mighty about how other people discipline their children, but that doesn't make good parenting easy. |
No it doesn't, but most parents think that they can just go someplace and let the staff be the de facto baby sitter. Parenting is a 24/7 365 job. There is no time off, there is no break. It's that way until the child is 18.
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