‘At any rate, my Dad worked and my mother didn’t have time with sometimes four or five squalling brats running around the house’.
Four or five is not easy, but certainly, in baseball terms, minor leagues. And why let them squall for more than 4 or 5 seconds?
I’ve homeschooled five kids. Discipline is key. If your kids are squalling brats, roll up your sleeves and deal with it. Sure, it’s easier to send them to government drones to tolerate for a day. Parenting is hard WORK. I understand completely a need for a break here and there, but don’t let’s use the excuse that we can’t home school our kids due to their being squalling brats! They are OUR kids, right? We set the behavior standards.