Can you outlast your child?

Paula Bolyard writes at PJ Media,

On those nights when you’re exhausted and you absolutely cannot take that child to bed one more time, do it one more time (or 15 more if you have to). If you must leave a nice meal at a restaurant or on your dinner table, make the sacrifice. Eventually, he’ll begin to know you mean business and trust me, it will get easier and the number of tests will diminish. If you can muscle through these skirmishes and let your kids know that you’re not making idle threats, I promise, it will get easier and you won’t have to go through this nonsense every blessed day for your life for the rest of forever and ever. It won’t be easy, but if you can out-stubborn them and outlast them now in the short run, you’ll make your life (and theirs) exponentially easier in the long run.

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