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Incorrect, it depends of the value you pass down to your kids.

• lelanthran 3y ago
  > Incorrect, it depends of the value you pass down to your kids. At some point, they will be unwilling to listen to you, so you have to enforce something or else you won't be passing down any values to them. Kids don't magically know what is best for them. What we do is we force a routine until it becomes routine and then you don't have to force it anymore. Brushing teeth? Some nights/mornings the kid will simply say no. Wearing clothes? Sometimes your toddler will simply say no. Eating veggies? Sometimes your kid will simply say no. Whatever you do to get them to change their mind (cajoling, threatening, bribing) is, exactly, forcing your will on the child. There is no such thing as raising a child without having to enforce some rules.