On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 12:01 -0700, Shawn Willden wrote: > > I responded privately to this in some detail. Publicly I'll just say > that while this suggestion is good in theory, and certainly something we > attempt to do, anyone who has raised a few children understands that > teaching them responsibility is a long, arduous process, and that > they'll fail at it innumerable times along the way.
You don't need to tell me and my children that. :-) But you have to attempt at every possible chance. Consistency is the secret. Teaching them responsibility only some of the time only confuses them. > I prefer not to have my new TV a casualty of their failures, Fair enough, but it's also inconsistent to let them fall back on "well it will turn itself off in a few minutes". b.
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