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Originally Posted by CFrance
Our kids used to tell us stories about how astounded they were at the way some of their friends talked to their parents. This was in the late '80s/early '90s. I have to be honest, I don't know what we did right, if anything. But we weren't afraid to discipline them, although we never hit them. Dad had "the look," which they joke about now at age 40 & 45. I yelled a lot--very ineffective, but I really wanted to throw a frying pan, so that was the alternative. Praise the lord for them. Two boys. Argh.
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This sounds vaguely familiar, except only one boy here. Raising more than that makes one a saint in my book, St CFrance.
Glad to hear you were blessed in the end.