Because coddling them forever and ignoring their questionable behavior can actually do moreemotional harmthan good.
Luckily the cousin wasnt hurt, but the family tried to condemn his actions.
However, hismotherinstantly jumped to his rescue and stated that he was just a kid!
Theirfamily, including a few cousins, had all gathered to celebrate their fathers birthday.
Little did they know that this pleasant family get-together would end up turning sour.
And at the function, while the adults were together, the two younger ones were playing by themselves.
But everyone rushed to them after they heard a crash.
It turns out that Tyler grabbed Brooklyns crutch and threw it down the stairs.
Now this ended with Brooklyn falling over the couch and bursting intotears.
Considering that she was already injured, it mustve been quite a scary incident for her.
She said, No one was hurt and hes just a kid.
But Elle was having none of it as she felt that everyone was overreacting.
She was furious at all of them, and especially at the poster for admonishing her kid like that.
Due to her sisters anger, OP wondered whether she had taken things too far and vented on Reddit.
Parents might enable their kids for a variety of reasons, like desire to protect or fear of conflict.
Folks were also concerned about the lack of discipline the teen had.
They said that some discipline is necessary to make good humans out of people.
She added that it provides the structure and guidance they need to grow into capable and independent adults.
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