Your home will be only as strict as the less strict parent. Rhonda and Eric had completely different parenting styles, and Rhonda was far more permissive, which led to conflict with her adult children because Eric had no leverage to enforce standards that would enable him to enjoy his own home.
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The kind of children you want to raise must be consistent with the type of home you foster, and most adults agree that they are glad their parents were strict, or they wish they had been. Patrick was an excellent father who set limits and guidelines, whereas with Cathy, anything went.
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If you walk all over your children, so will the rest of the world. Bev was far more open to free speech than her Saddam-esque husband, Tim.
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No one can do anything without both benefit and sacrifice; don’t forget that the benefit of having children comes at the price of giving up some of the carefree independence you once enjoyed. Neither Jennifer nor Matt was a very good parent. With their wild lifestyle, it sometimes felt to me as if they forgot they even had kids.
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You have no right to placate your children to the point that they do whatever you want, particularly when their other victims don’t have that leverage. Wendy’s army of six kids, coupled with her lax (my charitable way of saying non-existent) disciplinary tendencies, made life hell for Gerald.
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