>...individuals who all have their own needs and will need to be taught and treated differently. So, so true. I find it's a common source of frustration and t

>...individuals who all have their own needs and will need to be taught and treated differently. So, so true. I find it's a common source of frustration and tool of rationalization to blindly apply what appears to have "worked" for one kid to all of the rest, expecting if not demanding the same result. Kids aren't uniform data ready for predictable processing. >Worse, I have a strong feeling most of them haven't talked to a kid in years, much less ever raised one. Child-rearing is such a magnet for expert advice given from a position of zero practical experience. There are all sorts of things in life that would be more applicable to speak authoritatively on with only theory to work from, but I rarely see the same kind of absolute assuredness anywhere else. I'm thinking folks tend to take their own childhood as years of "factual" evidence and experience in the matter.