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I think you can spoil a child & also have limits & boundaries. My daughter is spoilt very much since she's the only child we have, but she also knows what she can & cant do. I think you just need to know how to go about doing it, make sure you set your limits though. My daughter gets what she needs & we buy her things all the time just so she has them (she's not old enough to ask for things she wants yet). As another myLotter said, it's ok to spoil kids, they're only little for such a short amount of time :)

I have never believed that spoiling a child was wrong . Children are only young for such a short period of time and can be loved and a parent can spoil and still have limits . One can show a child they love them and spoil them but still have limits of what they can do . I have found that most children will listen to the dad more often just because the dad is not usually around the child as much as mom is so they are not quite sure how hard they can push whereas with mom's they know how hard they can push . I am a much bigger softy then my husband and the children know this but my three year old would also tell someone if anyone asked that mom makes the rules and if mom says no then the answer is no . If my husband tells her she can do something , she will still come and check with me to makes sure it is ok because she says mommy makes the rules . I believe it is different for each family but in each household you will often find one person who is easier to persuade , I don't believe this is a bad thing though as it balances out the scales where you have one that is more of a rule person and the other is much easier going and when parents talk to one another , they can both offer their input for what is best for their children and in many cases this works out great because you have different idea's so each can show each other their best traits where one can teach the other to relax a bit more and remember how they were when they were younger and the other parent can show how they other needs to set a few more rules , balancing out what needs to be done .