This is very true. Although some think so, particularly when it comes to dogs. We have a friend who has what I call a "killer little dog". The dog needs some

This is very true. Although some think so, particularly when it comes to dogs. We have a friend who has what I call a "killer little dog". The dog needs some serious discipline. It has tried to bite multiple people, including me. The treatment the dog receives is the typical "poor little baby!" as I call it. It's the stuff Cesar Milan has made millions fixing. To the people engaged in that kind of destructive behavior what he does looks like magic. As you said, same with kids. We have a friend going through this right now. The culmination of this story has been that they had to send their kid to a 90 day program to deal with behaviors they likely caused over years of lacking structure and rules. You can be your kid's friend so long as you don't forget you are a parent first. It's incredible how much I learned about raising kids from what I learned about raising dogs. They both need exactly the same thing: Leadership, structure and rules. It's that simple...and that complex for some. I always think of dogs are mirrors into the owner's very soul. Every behavior you see is intimately linked to every interaction the owners have with the dogs. Dogs are rarely the problem.