One was a set of parents with a guiding hand and gentle loving hearts. And when at last the task was done, they stood proud at what they had wrought. For things they had molded into the child could neither be sold or bought. And each agreed they would have failed if they had worked alone. For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher, the home.
Children are very clever at finding ways to demand attention.
They may ask several questions or continually ask for one thing or another. There are any number of ways in which children make demands on a parent's time and attention. No Means No - Human nature is such that the squeaky wheel usually gets the grease. Children are squeaky wheels when they badger parents until they give in just so they can have peace and quiet. Unfortunately, this only reinforces negative behavior.