15-06-2005, 12:49 PM
What a great article and beautifuly written. I have to admit that dudette is so right regarding the way we bring up children. I had my "first family" of a boy and two girls by the time I was 26 and was very firm, probably to firm. When I married for the second time and Wendy and Robin came along I was in my thirty's (40 when Robin was born), but with Ruth's help they were brought up in the manner that dudette describes. Ruth was wonderful at this and the majority of the time it ended up with the children thinking that they had made the choice of what they could wear or what they could have to eat etc, and it was a pleasure to bring them up that way. We never "held them back" but they also knew where "the line" was drawn. I hope that many of the members with young families take heed of what this article says.
Always enjoy life - and remember there is always someone worse off than yourself - treat others as you yourself would want to be treated.