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Kennedy Love IS | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 THIS. Raised three fierce adults. New adults πŸ€£πŸ«‘πŸ«‚

Number 1 rule was no whining. They had to use their words. πŸ«‚πŸ™Œ
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freddms | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Ha! That's great! I use to make our kids run around the house when they started whining! And hey - if it was winter and they did not have shoes on - leave the shoes in the house! lol

They still remember this BUT see it as funny now (they did NOT think it was funny at the time)!
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Kennedy Love IS | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 🀣🀣🫑 That’s wild 😝 parenting is one of those wild things we never know how we did until later. 

Best thing ever too. πŸ«‚πŸ™πŸ˜Š
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freddms | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Oh - remembered another one. If I asked them to do something, and they started whining, I would give them a second chore.

Each time they complained, add another chore!