Amen. No wonder too many kids are spoiled narcissistic brats these days.

How true! What's that saying...? If your child likes you, you're not doing it right? ;)

for sure you can make them mad if you are doing it right, but i think my kids like me ok. now, they all say their friends are scared of me so i take THAT to mean i'm doing it right :)

I like this one, cos as much as I love my kids I am not their friend I am mum and what mum says goes lol. Thanks for the visit earlier luv Karen x

I'm lucky. I get to be a parent to really good kids and in return, I get kids I actually like to spend time with. Best of both worlds. Except when it isn't. But mostly it is.

If you do the parenting thing well, you do get to be a friend as well in the long run. My mom taught me that and I have to say, her method works very well.

I only wish other people had learned from her example. There'd be far fewer entitled brats out there.

Da Goddess

Exactly Joanie - My adult girls call me regularly to tell me what is up in their lives and even to ask advice. But at this point in their lives I stand back and stay out unless consulted. We don't have conflict, and it hasn't even been much of a long run. Except for my eldest, there has been no parental rebellion at all :)
- but I have virtually no relationship at all with either of my own parents.
The self-entitled brats drive me nuts.