09-29-2008, 10:38 AM
All I know is that I, and many others, can easily tell the difference between kids who are disciplined and those that aren't. I let my kids make their own choices. However, my wife and I maintain the option to overthrow those choices if we determine them to be detrimental to their physical and / or mental well being. Do we let them do stupid things to "learn a lesson", yes. But there is a limit as to where we stop them. We feel and believe that if the kids conduct themselves in an honest, respective manner now, they will be better prepared for adulthood.