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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I do....I have always said that children diagnosed as such, were just naughty and not given enough boundaries, or the boundaries were not maintained (if they were ever set)....but so many people disagreed with me, that I started to keep these thoughts to myself. at present they can't police my thoughts(unless MargaretR has some evidence that they can....ooh scary).

And you are right about Ma being indomitable too!

You've it the nail on the ead, that symptom was unheard of when I was a kid, if you didn't do as your told you got a clip, to remind you of your ways.
Its worked for millions of years in all animal species on this planet, just watch a wild life documentary and the animal kingdom soon disciplines errant cubs wi a swipe.
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