I do not enjoy listening to my MIL's lectures on parenting. Sometimes I wish she would get a taste of her own advice (when she WILL be in diapers). When I mentioned that her approach to training and to disciplining is brutal, she told me "and it w...
My own mom had 2 maids when we were little, and as a grandma she never wanted to BE with my children. To play - yes, but not to deal with the rest of it. At least it was clear that she was harmless.
Kate ~Mom to 2 Princesses~ said:That is horrible...
I agree 100% your MIL's advice was horrible! Each child learns at their own pace and as long as you are encouraging her and making going to the potty something that she wants to do (making it fun) that's all the needs to be done. She will go when ...
That is the biggest problem that I see with this also. I would never train my child the way I would train an animal. Those two don't even compare. Normally my MIL disciplines her in front of us. We know the methods that she uses because we had a d...
That is horrible advice! First of all even thinking that training an ANIMAL and a child are the same is sick. Thankfully before my MIL was my MIL she took full custody of my nephew from my absent/immature SIL and has seen first hand how she discip...
My friend's 2.5 year old is still in diapers. #2 can be messy, but the child is not ready to do it on demand. She just sits and sits on the potty, plays w/ toys, "reads" her books, but... no business.
My own MIL commented to fix the problem by exp...
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