tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post110366039905371717..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Solstice Slugfest!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1103671341231937072004-12-21T15:22:00.000-08:002004-12-21T15:22:00.000-08:00I considered d's counterargument, Glen, but reason...I considered d's counterargument, Glen, but reasoned that: 1) Parent rationally discount their kids' memory (as you suggest); and 2) Parents use the Santa threat without giving adequate weight to their own propensity to backslide later (demonstrating again how it is unpleasant to discipline).Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1103666716385390502004-12-21T14:05:00.000-08:002004-12-21T14:05:00.000-08:00Sorry to break it to you but you tie with Glen for...Sorry to break it to you but you tie with Glen for his post on the "Parentalism and Unalienablity". Hee...<br />You guys are a really good looking couple! All writers in Agoraphilia seems to be good looking.<br />And yeah, women are tough especially when it comes to their families.<br />Parents definitely need to discipline their children. I don't buy that parents are friends too dealio. Human beings are so fragile, there are so many things we can do to mess them up, but hopefull they see the love and best intentions underneath it all. It's a delicate balance.<br />Ok, I think I'm getting obssessed with commenting. I have to stop now.<br /><br />skAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1103666408353255142004-12-21T14:00:00.000-08:002004-12-21T14:00:00.000-08:00The problem with my explanation, as d pointed out ...The problem with my explanation, as d pointed out in a later comment, is that so many parents eventually cave and give their kids lots of presents regardless of their behavior. Perhaps parents are relying on their children's poor memory of previous Christmases?Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.com