As long as you learn to deal with it properly. And that's actually the entire point.
I don't, actually, have kids of my own yet (as far as I know :-), but I'm really big on the Teachable Moments theory of parenting: kids won't listen to you unless it was there idea. So engineer moments when they'll ask you about the things you want to teach them.
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Date: 2005-03-30 09:34 am (UTC)As long as you learn to deal with it properly. And that's actually the entire point.
I don't, actually, have kids of my own yet (as far as I know :-), but I'm really big on the Teachable Moments theory of parenting: kids won't listen to you unless it was there idea. So engineer moments when they'll ask you about the things you want to teach them.
"Kids are jerks" is one of those things. :-)
In any event: "Woo, and likewise hoo!"