SPOILED BRAT or SIMPLY INDULGED?

 A friend's grandchildren are either spoiled brats or simply indulged.  Highly intelligent and home schooled, I see way too much of letting the child decide, treating them as equal adults rather than children who need to learn about obeying a parent or grandparent.  The friend began the long process of hand making marionettes with paper mache for the granddaughter. Seven years old.  It was a loving and artistic project.  However, when the child decided she was no longer interested, it all got boxed up half made.

And so it goes.  We will call the kid Betsy.  Betsy does nor does not want a desert made for her.

Betsy has learned that she can pout and create a dram over the smallest thing and get more attention. So she acts like an actress in a silent film, overly expressing her terror when a small dog barks near her, chewing at her hand, big eyed.

Do you want this?  Do you want that?

Let me put it this way.  The world is not ready for all children to become CEO's and to treat other people as their servants

C 2021

RACHEL CARGLE'S CHILDFREE BY CHOICE

TODAY : CHILD FREE BY CHOICE - WHY WOMEN OPT OUT OF PARENTING 

Article about Rachel Cargle by Kait Hanson, Today (online)

EXCERPT : Curry added that common myths about women without children involve the idea that a woman inevitably will regret a life without children, that not raising children will lead to less happiness, meaning and/or fulfillment in life, that not raising children results in greater selfishness, and that it leads to more hardship in old age due to the unavailability of adult children to provide care.

"In actuality, there is no evidence to support any of these beliefs, as pervasive as they are," she said.

NORMALIZE UNMARRIED WOMEN WEARING RINGS ON THAT WEDDING BAND FINGER

DAILY MAIL : MINDY KALING : RING FINGER NEEDS LIBERATION  Wow Daily Mail UK has actually had two articles in recent days that relate to our topic here. This article by Sameer Suri tells about Mindy's sense of privacy.  She is the mother of two children but their paternity is a secret.

She recently used twitter to tweet: NORMALIZE UNMARRIED WOMEN WEARING RINGS ON THEIR RING FINGER WITHOUT A HUBBUB.

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