[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Key quotes from the article say it all---and then some:

"...does her best to resist her chubby 6-year-old's relentless requests for shrimp scampi"

"...the teachers have to model it, because kids idolize their teachers, and if they don't, they're bad teachers...."

''pobrecito syndrome,'' an affliction of parents and other adults, passed down to youngsters, part fatalismo and part a communal throwing up of the hands. Pobrecito means ''poor little thing,'' and ''the pobrecito syndrome,'' Gonzalez said, occurs when parents ''feel sorry for their child and they're doing the best they can but -- they're just so sorry and they really do nothing.
BILL CLINTON "I FEEL YOUR PAIN" ALERT!

''most of the potential solutions rest either on very large changes in public policy or very small changes that individuals and families must make in the context of their own home.
HILLARY ALERT!!

[andie74]

You know, you're on to something. If my 6 year old had a relentless request for shrimp scampi, it would be met by peals of laughter, an effort to contain myself, then a hand on his shoulder and a "Great! Are you buying?"