Rant, because I know that trying to tell this to my daughter would be more frustrating than teaching a brick to roll over...
Your childred didn't ask to be born! They didn't beg you to give birth to them! You wanted to have them!
So don't make it seem like you did them a big favor to put up with pregnancy for their sake! Yes, they need to be respectful and brought up well...
But they're KIDS and KIDS make mistakes. It's instinct and hormones and emotions and fear of the unknown that sometimes makes them misbehave. They need to be corrected not condemned!
sigh End of rant. 