Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by daytripper75
There is such a big difference between thinking your child deserves to get what they need and thinking your child needs something special. smile

Of course, parents all should think that their own child is the most special creature on earth. We're wired to love our babies. The real trick is to raise our children to be hard-working, empathetic, kind creatures.
We'll try, but my impression from reading the book "The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do" by Judith Rich Harris is that parenting has little ability to change these character traits.

Glad to meet another Harris fan!