Thanks for offering several specific illustrations of good parenting from infancy. I like how these parents draw on their resources and common sense to solve problems and forestall problems. And as you noted in your post, these kids go on to school and their behaviors create a good working relationship with teachers and I would suppose these kids also do well in school and will continue to do well.
These parents in your church are being very good first teachers of their children and as such the kids benefit from learning how to be appropriate. The common thread in these situations is that the parents take control and the kids follow their lead. That's not abusive, that's good parenting.
I do hate to burst your bubble though, but good parents come from every spectrum of society, not just those that are in your church.
I do hate to burst your bubble though, but good parents come from every spectrum of society, not just those that are in your church.
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This is a strawman! I did **not** say that good parents ONLY come from my church.
What am I supposed to do? Argue against a strawman of **your** creation?
Only nearly every thread, you will use strawman arguments.
Do you do use strawman arguments routinely in your personal and professional life? Doing this to your own children would be **very** disorienting to a young child, and might account for some of their learning and behavior difficulties. They are defenseless against this debating technique. I certainly hope that you are not doing this to your children in your classroom. It would be educational and emotional child abuse.