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In reply to the discussion: Family Mad After Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld, But 8-year-old broke the rules (video) [View all]DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)You show them that there is a better way.
Children who do not do what they are told are not "free', they are being mis-handled.
If those "parents" think it is OK for their kid to do the opposite of what is laid down, they should re-think.
I rarely told my sons what to do. Rather, I told them what not to do. We never had a problem.
I told them to not worry about school, as they would - more than likely - end up as prisoners in tall buildings. I took them and showed them cubicles, where people spent the majority of their time. I drove them around downtown, laughing at people in suits.
One dropped out of school in the 9th grade, the other in 12th. They are both Mensans.
Today, they are wildly successful purveyors of pot.
I knew how to raise my sons.
They have never worked for a paycheck and they never will, either.
They were shown that there is a better way.