> If you did that to a child it would be neglect, that is the point. Children aren't cats. I would never do that to a child. Even if they had a bowl of food an

> If you did that to a child it would be neglect, that is the point. Children aren't cats. I would never do that to a child. Even if they had a bowl of food and water and a toilet in the room I wouldn't expect them to be able to take care of themselves. That sounds like something a psychopath would do. Stop straw-manning me, it's incredibly rude, and against the rules. You bring down the discourse of this site when you quote 5 words from a paragraph and leave the rest of the context out. Plus you are not even quoting me directly yet you're using quotes. Stop doing that as well please. > "Do as I say because I am the boss" is just not good enough. When did I make that argument? For the record, I don't believe you should tell children that. I don't understand the difficulty in telling them "The iPad broke and you are not getting another one because you can't take care of it properly. Perhaps you'll get a new one at Christmas." when they break their iPad. That's what I consider being a boss. Saying those words does not seem difficult to me.