I Think More Parents Need to Tell Their Kids No

...And it is YOUR responsibility to raise the next generation of leaders and workforce, so to allow your kids to have everything their little hearts desire shows them that you were not responsible enough to become pregnant to begin with...

i wrote this as a reply in a private message (no i wont tell you what the other message said....thats rude). but i thought my reply fit best here:
 
well, i said i wasnt implying you (as far as being in a better position...

Having reasonable limits.
Be consistent.  Don't be afraid of the word "NO" its a great word.
Having reasonably high expectations (They need something to live up to so they can be genuinely proud of...

Although the older the child the more resistance you may run into. 
I think the easist method is to train your children from birth that no one gets what they want all the time and that they are no exception to this rule...

I dont know what other parents do when it comes to household chores; I have never poled my friends.  But I thought I would throw this out there.
Kids love to be little helpers.  The younger you start them out...

There's nothing that bothers more than some bratty kid having a temper tantrum because they're not getting what they want. If parents would tell their kids no every once in awhile, kids wouldn't act as frickin ridiculous as they do. It...

When you decide on something, that is the final decision.  You are the parent.  Unfortunately, so many parents don't get this.  Then they create brats that the rest of the world has to endure.  I don't want to hear...

ATTENTION PARENTS: YOU NEED TO SUPERVISE YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!!!  I have a major problem with parents that attend social events only to forget that they brought their kids. Parents - you are...

It's not so much that parents need to tell their kids no as much as they need to answer the certain-to-follow whined, "But, WHY NO-OT?"

My parents' answer was always the same. "Because I SAID SO!"

Nowadays, even that doesn't hold...

Well here I am in New Zealand,visiting my new grandchildren.I was here almost 3 years ago, to see my first granddaughter,now here I am on the occasion of the first birthday and christening of the second grand daughter. In a way it has...

I really do think that more parents need to tell their kids no. I was told no almost all the freakin' time, was it upsetting? Yes, you bet it was, but believe me when I say this, if I had done half the things I see kids/teenagers doing...

Now what would you do with a boy like this? There is a boy who is 16 years old, turning 17 very soon. He is in grade 11. Up until now, he has missed nearly 2 and a half months of school...where was he? god knows, he was skipping class...

I was always a quiet child, I like to think I didn't bother anyone, didn't ask for much, kept myself to myself. I was never spoiled but I never went without, I had what I wanted and learnt to appreciate what I had, especially when I saw...

Because I have the nerve to not buy my kid candy at the checkout counter. To make her wait for special occasions for gifts. To teach her to say "please" and "thank you" and to share. To make her do...

I see it all the time first hand, with the children I babysit. If they want something, they pitch a fit until their parent gives in to them. When I was a child, if I began throwing a fit over something stupid, my mother would say "If...

I sit here relaxing tonight. I am determined to live my life out there. For the last 20 years i have had the best job in the world being a single mom. I just celebrated my 41 birthday, what did my son get me a wonderful card stating...

The other day I went with my foster kids (age two and three) to a play centre with my friend and her "spirited" as she likes to say, two year old. Afterwards we went to Mcdonalds for lunch. The whole of the time at the play...

Tonight i find my self in a weird place it could be the silence in my house could be the negativity that's in the air heck i can even blame the weather.that's not the problem in this case.its not about blaming someone its about...

Ok, this may turn into a rant, if it does, you were warned. First, your kids are kids. They have no concept of wrong or tright.....until......you start letting them get away with stuff. That happen VERY early. (let me start by saying my...