[lurk]

Welcome to the era of the child-centered home, where parents are creators, groomers, enablers and ultimately hostages to little terrorists 1/5 their size.

We just never gave our toddlers the option of going in that direction.

[allmendream]

I call such ineffectual and stupid parents “subjects of a Cryocracy”.

Kids will do what they get away with. Allow a crying two year old to rule you, and they will rule you with a chubby little iron fist.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Welcome to the era of the child-centered home, where parents are creators, groomers, enablers and ultimately hostages to little terrorists 1/5 their size. We just never gave our toddlers the option of going in that direction."

Correct. The other day, I had to stand in line and listen to a toddler..well, he wasn't crying, it was more like he was possessed. He was shrieking, screaming, and GROWLING, and he was quite loud. It went on, and on, and on. I ended up with a headache that lasted for hours. And the stupid mother's reaction was to croon, "What's wrong? What's the matter? You're going to have to calm down now." If I had pulled something like that, my mother would have burned my butt up on the spot.