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My wife just ordered Amy's new book. I will probably give it a read as well. I am a believer in strict parenting. I do not think children should like their parents. A respectful fear is best, imo.
Some of the most successful people I know had very strict parents. And I believe my own experience sets up an interesting correlation. My father was a very strict parent. We were not even allowed to look at him funny without getting slapped. I however missed out on the majority of this because he left when I was 5. My brother however was 10 when my dad left and thus had a lot more time under his regime. My mother remarried a very laid back man(one of the best men I know... his father was very strict), and I had a the majority of my impressionable years under him. There are many other factors in my life that I will not lay out here, but in the end my brother came out ahead of me. My brother is a very successful and disciplined man. I am not a success. I do okay, but I have always struggled with self-discipline.
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