The Selfish Child

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/31/03 | Robert Shaw

[irgbar-man]

bump for later reading. After my young'uns are abed.

[txzman]

Gee, how about using religious principles as a blueprint for bringing up your kids - THERE's an idea.

Did I miss it, or where was God in the above mess of common sense?

[wheeezer]

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[diamond6]

Bought the book - Amazon for $18.00. Worth every penny. Every parent needs to read this book.

[Alissa]

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[diamond6]

And to add.... we should give this book as a Christmas present to our friends with kids.

[nicksaunt]

Ummm..."personality traits" such as those mentioned were NOT tolerated when I grew up!

When I was a teenager, I used to complain to my friends that I lived in a totalitarian government, where my dad was the dictator. (as a teenager, one overreacts to everything). My parents were strict, there were rules and expectations, but there was always a tremendous amount of love and support. I was lucky, more of this type of parenting is needed today

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[CajunConservative]

Ummm..."personality traits" such as those mentioned were NOT tolerated when I grew up! After a nasty bout of 'oppositional' or 'temperamental', I found myself wanting to just stand up rather than sit...for about a week, usually. My mama's 'medicine' was stout stuff.

Your mama sounds a lot like my mama :o) My mom always said there was a reason God put extra padding on a kid's bottom. She had the fastest backhand in the south lol. She did not tolerate a smart mouth at all hehehe.

[Lizavetta]

He definitely was a privileged child, bu still he wanted more.

Have to disagree with you here. That he was raised by hired help who regarded him as nothing more than a paycheck rather than his own mother means he was underprivileged, in my eyes. Your emphasis on 'private school' is interesting...as if that compensates or makes anything better. You seem to be falling into the trap of thinking that the expensive alternative - private school - somehow negated the daycare years.

[Eva]

Thanks for the interesting article. I have been thinking about the constant complaints from the left about overweight children and have come to the conclusion that young children are overweight because they are cooped up in daycare all day and have very little time to run around like a normal kid. There was a group on tv that was trying to blame the weight problem on strollers and I thought to myself, that the necessity to use strollers was three fold; It's safer, faster, and the kids prefer it because they are not used to walking. When my kids were little, I had to strap them into the stroller to make them stay.

[diamond6]

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[Ditter]

We have some relatives who co-slept with their 2 daughters. They are the most screwed up, obnoixious & spoiled kids I have ever met.

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[altura]

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