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[Howie]

This kid likes them as well.  Like I said, his parents are engineers.  He watches you do something once and then he imitates it to the tee.  He's very mechanical.  It's kind of bizzare how smart he is.  Which scares me.    When he isn't allowed to do something, he squeals until they let him.  I experienced this twice during an entire road trip.   I told him he couldn't touch the laptop and the cellphone several times.  He should have his own toy laptop, cellphone, etc.  The outlet encounter was crazy though!  He ripped the cord out of the socket and his dad let him plug it back in.  For a 16 mo/old, the kid is very small.  His fingers could easily fit into an outlet.   His dad also let him chew on the printer cord.    

Do they have a large insurance policy on the kid?  I believe you can't spoil a toddler, but the child still needs limits and you are responsible for the child's safety.

[Speedbag]

 His dad also let him chew on the printer cord.     

Yikes. My cats seem to know better than to chew on cords.

[RAT900]

.....and at the other extreme I have a daughter who is raising (engineering) my grandson

to be the embodiment of all her naive social conceits and notions of the world as an Eden-like Commune ......tripe and hubris abound

and no she didn't name him "Sun Blossom" thank God....

but this kid is going to be in for some rude awakenings when he realizes the world is not playing by the same rules he is being infused with

I have asked her to raise a child rather than a personal social statement by proxy

nothing wrong with instilling a value system in a child...

but make it one that incorporates adaptability and most importantly teach the child how to think and reason for himself...how to employ ideation how to abstract

not just a programmed drone kid that is taught what to believe in....we have the school system for that

Good God where did I go wrong with her?

[IZ]

Do they have a large insurance policy on the kid?  I believe you can't spoil a toddler, but the child still needs limits and you are responsible for the child's safety.

Right!

When he was doing it by me, I pulled his hand back and said "No..Owie!!".  When he did it again, I said the same and took him away from the outlet/plug/cord.  Then he cried until his dad let him do it.   

By then, I wanted to slap the kid's hand and then his dad!   


Rat..I hear ya!

[Triple J]

A 16 month old throwing a fit when told no is completely normal. I'm living through it now with a 19 month old. Ugh.   Tantrums are usually short lived for us because my wife and I don't put up with it.

Parents putting up with tantrums and giving in isn't acceptable IMO...although it isn't always easy standing your ground.

...and a big  on Cobra! 

[IZ]

Yes, normal but the would scream for literally an hour if he didn't get what he wanted. That actually did happen.  The kid screamed at everything! Kid being that old too should have at least one word. Babbled a bit but screamed most of the time. I was talking about how language development with them but they didn't want to listen because they're highly educated". :p my BA and MA in Speech Pathology and Audiology aren't good enough apparently. Argh!  Still hear the kid squealing like tinutus in my ear and it's been 3 days since they left back to MI!