Fate has yet to bless me with children of my own , Raising children must be probably the most important job any of us can do in life , I can see that it must be rewarding at times, Possibly frustrating at times ,Joyful , Worrying , Loving and I can see that it might even be expensive at times , From watching my friends and family raise their kids though, I'm left with more questions than answers , When I see bad behaviour in children , I see two approaches , My father believed a smacked bottom nipped bad behaviour in the bud , My mother believed in telling me she would tell my dad if I misbehaved, Perhaps those days have gone forever and that might not be a bad thing but is the naughty step or naughty chair the right way ? I'm not so sure , Where I do agree with Supernanny is in the fact that both parents should be on the same page and positive encouragement is the way forward ,
Its just that I often see a mum laying down the law in my sisters and my friends homes but dad comes and really doesn't want to get involved in the discipline , That works the other way too of course but I must admit it is rare that I see it , Seems to me that despite great shows like Supernanny giving us tips , Kids still don't come with a set of rules we must follow , All we can do is the best we can ,Just in case I ever am blessed with kids , I'll learn all I can but I just don't believe the good cop, Bad cop routine is fair or workable anymore ,
My mum and dad tried to stop me playing with certain friends , That I know for sure does not work , Dad would ground me , Mother would let me out to play , Dad said '' no pocket money'' Mother slipped it to me , What does work ?