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Doug Miller

In article .com, wrote:
I bought a wooden coffee table and now have a 1 year old who loves to
beat on it.

So teach her not to do that.

A family is not supposed to be a democracy. It's supposed to be a benevolent
dictatorship, with the parents in charge -- and if you don't learn to control
her behavior REAL SOON, and teach her to respect and obey you and your wife,
you're going to have some MAJOR problems down the road. If, a dozen years from
now, you find yourself with a mouthy, rebellious 13-year-old, you shouldn't
wonder why. The seeds are being sown right now.

The parents are supposed to be in charge. You're not. Fix that problem first,
and the coffee table problem will take care of itself.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.