guccilvr is right on the money. In fact, as a parent it's 100% our job TO make decisions for our children. So yes, we do this to babies. We make our children do chores to. In fact, most of them woudl CHOOSE not to if left to their own accord. We make them study, we ground them, maybe spank them, give them time outs, make them eat their peas and all sorts of other nasty things. And we say, "While you under our roof, you play by our rules", and it should be that way until they are out on their own (read not just until age 18). We make those decisions using the information provided to us and our own logic and thoughts. As I said above, just becuase you disagree doesn't make us wrong.
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