To Ask Parents Nicely to Say No to Their Children

[Chockyeggpants]

And mean it and enforce it?
Many thanks.

Yes but positive parenting still means refusing or denying your children things

I have no issue with how anyone chooses to parent as long as they are actually parenting.

Not wanting to deal with your children and allowing them to behave in a way that affects all others negatively is doing them a disservice.

I'm scared of my smallest child. She turns blue when my backs turned.

How would parents saying no stop their children from putting your child's stuff down the drain today?
Did they ask their parents if they could and got their approval?

Of course there are things you need to 'deny' them but it doesn't mean saying 'no' all the time
For example there is offering alternatives

It is a bit like the Daily Mail has taken over MN.

Just waiting for someone to mention bringing back the birch

Kinkyfuckery

Don't make this more confusing. It took me till now to get the gist of what the op was about.

MN is full of people judging other people's parenting. By parents for parents? Not bloody likely on here.

I find it helpful though. You see the best and worst aspects and some of the pitfalls.

Better than

Your bubba, your tools, Hun

Rools!

It will basically make anyone who is struggling with parenting feel shit

I grew up with a no which could sometimes be changed to yes by whining, I whined a lot .

So in our house no means no unless its yes.

I say no to my children all the time. Life is full of disappointments, so I like to get them trained in that early.

Could we bring back the birch? I'm sure that would help enormously.

Really Chocky what a completely pointless thread. Especially since it's a thread about various threads.

MsBella you make some interesting points. Unlike the OP.