There’s a lesson you learn early as a parent. If you allow your kid(s) to run the agenda, they’ll happily continue to do it.
It takes a lot of pain in the early years but there is an important moment that defines the culture of a family. It is that moment when parents recognize what is happening and say – “No.”
Simply, clearly, and repeatedly.
Until the message sinks in.
And in doing so, they make clear what is acceptable and what isn’t.
Because, in parenting and in any kind of leadership, you get what you tolerate.
