You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
Never negotiate with kids. They don't have life experience, and they don't have repercussions for bad decisions; they still get fed and housed.
You cannot properly bring up children when you are 69 or 70 and they are 12 and at the height of their madness. You can physically do it, but I don't think it's morally justified.
If we behave like the kitchen is for adults, they become more wary of it and reluctant to go in it because it feels like it's a grown-up space.
One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another.
All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.
Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff.
