As a PP pointed out, Disney Doll does not have children. She also has a history of posting extremely negative views about children and teens (and parents) on almost every thread that mentions children at all.
As a mother of two teens; I think a lot depends on the particular child and their personality--parenting is just not a one size fits all thing.
I also really think things are much easier on everyone involved when parents see their job as primarily about guiding and teaching and helping their kids grow into themselves and not about controlling and molding their kids into some preconceived idea of who they should be.

Lots of wisdom in this thread.
I haven't been keeping up, just visited after reading that she was going back to live with her parents and was wondering what you all thought of that.
I so agree that parenting depends on the child. I watched my parents raise 4 COMPLETELY different children, my 2 sisters and my aunt, and learned how to be a Mom from the skirt of what I saw was the BEST Mom ever! I was blessed to have that, and smart enough to be old enough to know that when I finally did have my child, I could see what worked and what did NOT work.
My sisters all had their kids young at the rebellious ages and they decided to reinvent the wheel. They wanted to be their kids' "friends" and be lenient because my Mom was tough.
DID
NOT
WORK.
My youngest nephew was 18 and being arrested the year I had my one and only son. By then I knew who did it right... and who did it wrong. I decided to follow my Mom's way, old school is best.
21 years later I am so glad I did. It's difficult, in fact it's VERY difficult to be the hard butt Mom who loves you to death but I know the end result. Too many new parents want to rewrite history and raise their kids in a way that is not proven to work....GrnMtnMan, if you want to learn, find a grown child who exemplifies what you want in your child to be and find out what his parents did. Don't just find one person, talk to many people and find that middle ground. Parenting depends on the persons involved and the methods used based on the type of child they deal with.
My Mom said she knew the personality of all her kids in the birthing room, base their training on who they are and always be consistent. Teach them the things school doesn't teach them, manners, respect, grammar and kindness. Teach them with influence, never with control. Be the person you want them to be, they will follow your lead.
