A thread the other day got me thinking how often I have said to dd "I have never spoken to my mother like that in my life and I'm 40-blah!" I think I am really similar in temperament to my mum and have brought my dc up in quite a similar way, yet neither dh nor I seem to get much respect at all from our dc.
Apart from the lottery of genetics, personalities, nature v nurture and all that, are the outside influences, peer pressure, technology, cable TV, Facebook, etc just too great? Are we fighting a losing battle when trying to give our dc a proper childhood and command respect and obedience from them?
Would be especially interested to hear views from people who have decided against having TV, internet (for dc!), video games etc.
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to think we can't give today's children the childhood we had (nor expect the respect we showed our parents...?)
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LieInsAreRarerThanTigers · 30/06/2011 15:09
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