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(03-06-2019 03:01 PM)GustD45 Wrote:  Actually Laurie there is no justification for Mr. Lincoln's lenient parenting. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were lax in their duties and the ones around them got pretty fed up. Neither my mother nor my father would have tolerated me kicking over a chessboard and I am the baby of my family. Now obviously I don't have a speech impediment like Thomas "Tad" but my older brother was mentally challenged and he was never coddled like that.

Thank you! Both my daughter and I have had training in teaching those with special needs, and letting them get away with inappropriate behavior is not on the approved list.

I do not feel that Tad had significant special needs, but his being allowed to act out in an undisciplined manner only fostered more inappropriate behavior to the effect of modern authors and readers not knowing where the line was between his "needs" and his "wants" for attention, etc.