Parenting in general has changed, and not for the better.

It used to be that parents made rules, expected certain behavior from their children, and commanded respect. But now the world has shifted to view relaxed parenting as the norm. More and more I am seeing parents who let the children make the rules, or parents giving into every little whim of the child because it is easier for the parent.

Of my 3 daycare families, not one has a child that sleeps in their own bed. Family meals at the table become a plate of food on the coffee table and a child allowed to roam and graze. It's the small things that snowball into the big things, that then create bad habits in the household, and children who feel they are entitled to anything they want because mom and dad allow it at home.

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