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I think we have v. different views about parenting. It's managing expectations, teaching them what is 'normal', teaching them that rewards come after effort. Everything you do is picked up by kids - they learn about life from what you do (& not what you say). And 'No' is a really powerful word -...

The point is that I never had a DVD player, my kids haven't either - my parents & subsequently I put in the hard yards. The reason they can entertain themselves now is BECAUSE they never had one. And they don't like each other reading aloud - so there being two of them is irrelevant. All those...

If you want to turn your kids into zombies get a DVD player for them. Yep, you'll get some peace & quiet, but what's the cost to the kids. We just got back from a 6 hour trip to the snow - the kids (6 & 8) were almost silent the whole trip. They got a dozen library books each (picked by...