Children are clever savages who are inherently expert at analyzing and exploiting the weakness of adults for their own perceived advantages. They are also possessed of the belief that what they want is the most important thing in the universe because they are the most important person of their universe. The purpose of parenting is to civilize them, to demonstrate to them that they are not the center of the universe and that the sooner they learn that they have to take others into account as having competing and ofttimes more valid claims, the better off they will be.
“The thing about toddlers is that they are uncivilized,” Dr. Karp says. “Our job is to civilize them, to teach them to say please and thank you, don’t spit and scratch and don’t pee anywhere you want. These are the jobs you have with a toddler.”
You sound like Dr. Karp.
And if they never get out of this mindset, they become what is known as “the Democrat base”.