Parenting is a very important part of family life. If you have kids, taking good care of them and helping them develop into happy, responsible adults who are productive members of society is probably the most important thing you will ever do with your life.
So how come so many of you parents are so bad at it? You try way too hard, or maybe you're not trying at all, it's hard to tell sometimes. Discipline is important sure, but many of you go a little overboard with your controlling, punishing, and high expectations. And yes, getting used to having to work for things is good, but forcing your child to practically be your slave is not good either. You need to find a balance between being loving parents, and teaching them responsibility and work ethic.
You also need to understand that there's a trade-off between telling your kids they need to do their homework, and letting them do their own thing. Sure, kids don't want to do it and it should be enforced to some degree, but you also need to understand that constantly getting on your kids case about it, or about anything else they're supposed to be doing, just makes them want to do it even less.
None of this stuff is very complicated, just try a little harder to actually be good parents.
-SF
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