When a parent acts like a parent and with loving authority, all kinds of children can learn rules are more than just a tool to keep them from having fun. Especially when eating the wrong things or doing wrong things that have demonstrable consequences; like making their bellies hurt after eating a bag of candy or losing sleep and feeling lousy the next day because they didn’t put away their phone. I never understood my friends who were more worried about the stigmatizing or ostracizing than the health of their children.
When a parent acts like a parent and with loving authority, all kinds of children can learn rules are more than just a tool to keep them from having fun. Especially when eating the wrong things or doing wrong things that have demonstrable consequences; like making their bellies hurt after eating a bag of candy or losing sleep and feeling lousy the next day because they didn’t put away their phone. I never understood my friends who were more worried about the stigmatizing or ostracizing than the health of their children.
A good foundation for healthy living.