Well behaved children welcome

[original PM]

Bollox. Children know you better than you know yourself. They push you to your limit - and just a bit beyond.

No, no they don't in every adult - child relationship there is one adult and one child - make sure if you are the adult you act like it.

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[NotAllThere]

Bollox. Children know you better than you know yourself. They push you to your limit - and just a bit beyond.

Only if you're a bad parent.

(Yes, yes, I know... then you point to the mounds in the garden. "We used to have seven children. But then three misbehaved...").

[LondonManc]

Push their buttons to get them in line before they push yours. If they can push yours you haven't sufficiently learned as a parent. Or you're a lentil-muncher who insists the little twunt should be allowed to express themselves when they're simply being naughty.

[original PM]

Push their buttons to get them in line before they push yours. If they can push yours you haven't sufficiently learned as a parent. Or you're a lentil-muncher who insists the little twunt should be allowed to express themselves when they're simply being naughty.

dead right - plan ahead - even a 3 year old can understand things if explained to them what is happening

but from the amount of Muppets you see in airport who for whatever reason seem to leave all sense of reason behind them when they get airside I guess it is rarely the kids fault