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Originally Posted by Ross
It's all in the parenting, my uncles kids are the best behaved kids you'll ever find, they ask his permission for most things, if he says no, there's no drama or anything, they say "Ok dad" and go about their life. I asked him how he does it and his response was "It's easy, I treat them properly and they respect me and their mum and do as they are told"
I'm sure there is much more to it than that but I didn't question him lol. You'll never find his kids misbehaving in public, or at family events, they are very polite to everyone. Far too many spoiled ass kids in the world today, I have no patience for it especially if I'm in a restaurant or some other public place.
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Parenting is the key. A friend of mine has very well behaved, great kids. They do well in school, are well rounded and all around good people. His oldest just graduated high school and went in the Air Force and the youngest is now a sophomore in high school.
He and his wife both have the theory on parenting that you get what you give. They teach their kids that if they want respect, they have to give respect. If they want freedom and trust they have to show that they can handle it and trust others. The kids quickly learned that if they act up and throw fits, they aren't going to get their way. Instead, if they do well in school and treat others well their parents give them a lot of freedom and trust them.
Part of it too is that he and his wife have a good relationship and things are calm in their house. If mom and dad are always arguing, disagreeing and there is chaos in the house, the kids see that as the norm and it becomes part of their lives.