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
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