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Q: Our 4-year old is fairly well behaved but her best friend is definitely not. We just got back from a weekend trip with that family, and I was constantly embarrassed at my daughter's behavior. She did whatever her friend did like running down the hall at the hotel, yelling and laughing all the while. Furthermore, because he doesn't listen to his parents at all, she didn't listen to us either. How would you handle that? We are really good friends with his parents, but they really don't seem to parent the same way we do or expect from their son what we expect of our daughter.
A: Over the past 10 years, this question has moved up into the Top Ten Questions Parents Ask. It's right up there with questions about how to get children to stay in bed, eat what's put in front of them, do their best in school, and stop fighting with their siblings. It would seem that parenting in America is dividing into two distinct camps: parents who respect other people and parents who don't. Just as raising a well-mannered child is an expression of love for one's neighbor, the opposite is also true. It is nothing short of downright rude to inflict an ill-behaved child on other people, and that applies regardless of what supposed "disorders" the child may have.See the full content of this document
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; It Is Rude to Inflict an Ill-Behaved Child On Other People
Your vacation experience illustrates a primary principle of child physics: When two children are ...
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