Brooks says "...Child-rearing practices often involve neglect in the early years and harsh retribution when kids hit 9 or 10."
So I must have been mistaken when I saw a clip of U.S. marines handing out one bottle of water each to people who stood in a very, very, long (and orderly) line yesterday, and every single one said, "Thank you." When two young children were handled their bottles of water, the father gently nudged one and prompted quietly, "Say 'thank you'." And both children said, "Thank you, Sir." That sure is a whole lot of neglect going on there.
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Brooks says "...Child-rearing practices often involve neglect in the early years and harsh retribution when kids hit 9 or 10."
So I must have been mistaken when I saw a clip of U.S. marines handing out one bottle of water each to people who stood in a very, very, long (and orderly) line yesterday, and every single one said, "Thank you." When two young children were handled their bottles of water, the father gently nudged one and prompted quietly, "Say 'thank you'." And both children said, "Thank you, Sir." That sure is a whole lot of neglect going on there.