Emile comments on Open Thread: May 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 22 May 2010 06:58:39AM 0 points [-]

No -- where did I give that impression?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 May 2010 08:44:26AM *  0 points [-]

how can I best help my kids become well-balanced open minded productive intelligent and well-prepared adults and not spoiled whiny brats".

On re-reading, I think that "well-balanced open minded" implies that you are concerned with being too strict as well as being too permissive, but my attention was caught by the higher emotion level of the last clause.

Comment author: Emile 24 May 2010 12:00:34PM *  1 point [-]

Also, it was just a one-sentence summary of why religion wasn't my main concern when talking about "rational parenting", you shouldn't read too much into it :)