"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> When I was in my 20's I had a friend who had a 2 year old. She brought
> her adorable child to my home one day. The "adorable child" started
> pulling books out of my bookcase and tearing pages out of them. Her
> mother blithely ignored her. I yelled at the girl. "STOP THAT!" My
> friend had the nerve to get angry at me for yelling at her kid. She was
> destroying my books. Would you have put up with that?
>
> Jill

Nope, never did, never will. My grandkids get a lot of leeway, but not to
destroy things or be disrespectful of others. I find that kids do well with
boundaries. It makes for a happy time for all. Usually when some kids are
acting like little maniacs in the stores it's because of lazy parenting.
Nobody will ever convince me that it's a good thing either.

Cheri