Extra Credit Questions

[Eva Elisabeth]

David, thank you for the info and honest reply. Please allow me to clarify one thing - I totally agree on the statement (philosophy) you quoted in this last post. Both, tyranny and the opposite (no limits) aren't good approaches (also not for dealing with people in general), and love is fundamental. Children seek, challenge and need to experience limits to mature and cope with them in adult life. Experience limits doesn't mean drill or beating, it means to experience that actions that aren't favorable for valid reasons have likewise consequences. This can be such as "losing" something favorable, like no horse riding or exciting trips for awhile, at best something that can be reasoned to the very issue. Then you can also positively enhance and reward good behavior (Lincoln tried this however, I think, with little success, as at least one "story" goes, I guess he as often enhanced the opposite.) Consequence is a key word in education, but it doesn't need to be tyrant - it shouldn't. And love also means to help your kid getting fit for adult life's requirements.