[Politicalmom]

That's very nice for you. You have compliant children.

I could beat mine to death and they wouldn't care. It is a constant struggle to discipline a child who doesn't care about anything.

[conservative physics]

You miss the point, they are compliant because I made them that way from the time they were born. My daughter had a stubborn streak a mile long from the time she was born, but I broke her of that before she was 2.

Most parents don't realize the mistake they've made until it's too late and their kids are teenagers and laugh at their feeble attempts to correct and control them.

If your children do not fear you, you have done something wrong.