We only obey rules or injunctions we want to obey, and we only want to obey those we understand and that seem to have some sound reason.
Children are no different.
Betty Stewart Betty Stewart is a family counselor in Houston, Texas with grown sons and grandchildren. Before Your Children Do is substitled An insightful approach to parenting and indeed, it is. Ms. Stewart has an humane approach to the topic of obedience. Cats and dogs can be trained to such obedience, but children are not animals with limited intelligence. They want to understand the rules and injuctions they are expected to follow.