[The_Expatriate]

As benevolent dictators go, Aragorn would certainly be my first choice of characters as well...but what makes you think that Aragorn and Arwen would allow their kids to grow up spoiled?

[HairOfTheDog]

what makes you think that Aragorn and Arwen would allow their kids to grow up spoiled?

That was just a brief and un-called-for bout of socialist-like resentment of the upper classes and all their privilege and pampering. I am over it now. It was late and I was weak. I am sure Arwen-the-breathless will make a fine mom ;~D

I will just go back to looking at the pretty pictures now.

[carton253]

but what makes you think that Aragorn and Arwen would allow their kids to grow up spoiled?

Actually, Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind addresses this situation with Scarlett. He tells her that when parents have a hard go in life (Scarlett during the reconstruction), the parent always tries to spare their children the hardship they have endured. This turns the children into soft, spoiled things since hardships are what shapes character.

I don't know if I would take parenting tips from Rhett Butler... but, from observations in life... Rhett's not too far off the mark.