In 1962, Walter W. Sackett, Jr. wrote in Bringing Up Babies, “If we teach our offspring to expect everything to be provided on demand, we must admit the possibility that we are sowing the seeds of socialism.” Now we’re not defending the generation of entitlement that seems to be upon us, but we don’t think it will lead to a generation of dictators. Here are 12 parenting rules that could use a revamp to help us all do better in raising our kids, Tiger Mom or not.
