Disability is no excuse to not parent

[Joods]

I well remember the time my mother came to take my oldest (the one with the disability) for the weekend. I was 8 months pregnant with my other daughter. They leave and ten minutes later I get a phone call from my mother saying they are still in the parking lot at my apartment because my daughter refused to get up off the ground and get in the truck. I told my mother this is what happens when you refuse to discipline said child. She ends up not listening to you.

I walked up the stairs, stuck my head out the main door and yelled my kid's first and middle two names. She immediately got up off the ground and into my mother's truck. Saying first and middle names in my house tends to tell kids we mean business. When you coddle a kid, you do more harm than good. I'm not saying a parent has to be a tyrant, but discipline isn't going to hurt a kid. Neither will sticking to boundaries and making sure your rules are enforced.