Seldom would any infant cry without cause. If you ignore a baby’s cry he could easily learn that he cannot depend on you when he needs you.

Don’t expect him to do everything either- especially things that are naturally a parent’s responsibility- such as seeing to that the kid eats a balanced diet on a regular basis. My parents divorced when I was 4 years old and my father essentially abandoned me from that point on while my mother usually worked 50-60 hours a week to make ends meet. I grew up with so many duties and responsibilities that I really had no life of my own.

No imperfect adult has any right to ever strike a child. If a parent finds that using physical force against a child is appropriate discipline, then that parent is bound to use physical force in response to an offense that the child did not commit, thus destroying any trust or respect that the child had for the parent after completing instruction #1.

My mother was physically abused by both her parents and one of her brothers. As a result she never had a normal family life and thus neither have I.

Don’t always assume that the child is guilty of whatever the school/teacher/principal says he is guilty of either. Having been born 10 weeks premature I was always small for my age. During 1st grade the next smallest student, a girl, towered over me. I earned As and Bs for classwork, but the teacher did not like me and about mid-way through the school year she and the school wanted my mother to take me out of 1st grade and put me Kindergarten, which I had not attended. My mother refused and the teacher failed me for the year. Then in 3rd grade I also made As and Bs for classwork but the teacher gave me Cs for report card grades claiming that I was working up to grade level. Luckily my mother believed me and not the teacher so I wasn’t punished for the bad grades that year. But these experiences have haunted me my entire life. I was a good student from grades 4 through 12, but school was always a struggle for me and I was always in constant fear of bad grades and failing.

Bill Clinton, impeached former occupant of the White House

Jim Bakker, adulterous, thieving TV preacher

Ted Haggard, Sodomite preacher

Jim Wright, corrupt former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Newt Gingrinch, thrice married, corrupt former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

XXX X XXX, child-molesting deacon at a local Baptist Church who wanted my mother to be his mistress while she was bookkeeper for his company

I don’t remember the last time I heard this from either of my parents- at least 30 years ago.

Can parents still be obligated to give their children at least everything they need?

Neither of my parents ever cared about teaching me anything. If it weren’t for World Book Encyclopedia I could have reached AP biology class still believing in the stork.

Don’t condemn him without evidence either.

Setting boundaries can pretty much be accomplished by raising them as latch-key children in a crime infested neighborhood.

As opposed to being what- lonely and friendless?

Then be willing to spend some time them.