[chewysmom]

Originally Posted by vainchick5

No offense meant to anyone, but of course all parents think their kids are well behaved. I watch this Nanny 911 show and sometimes one of the parents or even both think their kids are just great, even though they run a much in the house. I agree with Chewysmom that sometimes people dont' want to take the time to say no, and take the child back to it's own bed, so they just keep caving in until it becomes a bad habit. I had helped my sister with my nephew for 6 months when he was born and he was a colick baby. He was up every hour to hour and half at night. We were walking zombies. Sometimes we would consider having one of us take him into bed with us just to get us some sleep but we both just sucked it up and tried hard to get him back to sleep.The minute we would begin to lay him in his crib, his eyes would open, but when we would lay next to him, he would be asleep. But we didn't want to go the easy route, we worked hard and he is a very wel behaved 3 year old. He listens and understands his boundaries and he doesn't get his way all the time so theres no overindulgence. In MY opinion, parents are so busy caving in to things so they don't have to deal with a screaming child, that they forget kids remember those things. They are smart and know exactly what to do to get parents to agree. That's where overindulgence begins and thats why our society has overweight kids, kids that shoot each other at school, that get suspended, get into fights, run away from home, have sex early, do drugs, ect. Just my opinion. This isn't directed at anyone, just a general observation.

Nobi, I agree with you! In this day and age people don't have to think or engage when it comes to their kids. One of the mothers I spoke of earlier actually told me that she continues to breastfeed her 3 year old because she "cannot deal with her tantrums if I don't give it to her" and continues to let her sleep in the parental bed because "I can't stand the thought of not getting a full nights sleep" Yes, this to me is lazy!