Yes it does-as long as it's delivered with consistency and honesty. You feed
a kid enough BS and eventually they stop listening to you altogether.

mike

"john smith" wrote in message
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This is just another example of the "feel good" parenting that
psychologists were spouting in the 90's. In the real world, it doesn't
work. This was the first child for these parents, hopefully they have
learned a hard lesson and will not make the same mistake with the next
one.