So while I've got no experience with kids -- and clearly there's no comparison -- I've gotten some experience in dog training. The one difference I nearly alway

So while I've got no experience with kids -- and clearly there's no comparison -- I've gotten some experience in dog training. The one difference I nearly always see between people who successfully train their dog and those who don't is that the successful group allows their dog to fuck up. Not without getting mad at them after of course, but the unsuccessful group will actively prevent the behavior they'd get mad at. I figure something like that applies to kids too.