Assisting a parent and being a parent are two different things.
no they're not. as i said, taking care of children vs. having your own are the SAME thing and involve the SAME kind of discipline.
Then your kids may end up resisting you. If my child wanted a car--she would understand that she would have to maintain a certain GPA, get a job to assist in paying her insurance, and would have to get an used car.
If a child wants a car--that is the opportune time to teach them the responsibility that comes with it.
that's still a bribe. good grades and getting a job shouldn't be rewarded by giving your child materialistic things.
Again--assisting a parent and being a parent 24/7, 365 days a year, are two different things. Do one used to baby-sit--big whoppie do--the difference is that you are watching the kids for a couple of hours and not the above mentioned. :roll:
no, i wasn't watching my mother's foster children for only a few hours. i watched them continuously from day to day, so it WAS like having my own children.
Secondly--I can be sarcastic if I want to and surely don't need
YOUR permission.
no one ever said you couldn't. did i? i think not.
Disciplining one's child and those that one is babysit are
not the same. Each household have different ways of disciplining their children and to make a blanket statement that you made just shows that you are making an assumption that one rule fits all
when it doesn't.
yes they *are* the same thing. disciplining children involves the same behavioral strategies when babysitting vs. taking care of one's own children. discipline is discipline, so it doesn't matter whether children are your own or someone else's.
You sure are dishing it out like you do..... :roll:
yep! it's called expressing an opinion.