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straysweeper · 01-19-2009, 07:42 AM

Have you ever started writing about one thing and went into another? Well I did that here. This is one of those cases.

I have a belief that treat people as you would like to be treated. I'm sure you've all heard of this as the Golden Rule. I also think it goes, treat things as you would like your own to be treated. But how does this work on parenting? I'm an Uncle four times over. I have very different experiences and references for me to know somethings work better than others. Lately, I've related a dog training method to the same with young children. Let the environment train and control them. If the behavior is outside the environment then they can't learn it, correct? However, I know this is a double edged sword.

I find my sister to be either unconscious or more focused on other things. Even my own parents are clueless at times. I relate this to being to the other edge of the sword. If you aren't exposed to something to know weather know it exists or not, then how can you do it? Parenting doesn't come with a set of instructions and often people think they'll find intuitive answers, that nature will kick in. But I have found this isn't always the case. Humans have found a way to defy nature with the development of the psyche.

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straysweeper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 459	Extended Parenting Have you ever started writing about one thing and went into another? Well I did that here. This is one of those cases. I have a belief that treat people as you would like to be treated. I'm sure you've all heard of this as the Golden Rule. I also think it goes, treat things as you would like your own to be treated. But how does this work on parenting? I'm an Uncle four times over. I have very different experiences and references for me to know somethings work better than others. Lately, I've related a dog training method to the same with young children. Let the environment train and control them. If the behavior is outside the environment then they can't learn it, correct? However, I know this is a double edged sword. I find my sister to be either unconscious or more focused on other things. Even my own parents are clueless at times. I relate this to being to the other edge of the sword. If you aren't exposed to something to know weather know it exists or not, then how can you do it? Parenting doesn't come with a set of instructions and often people think they'll find intuitive answers, that nature will kick in. But I have found this isn't always the case. Humans have found a way to defy nature with the development of the psyche.