So.. not entirely SK related aside from the fact that the mother in question is my OSD... but I think it probably paints a good picture of why so many kids are PITA's to be around these days.. it's THIS kind of parenting.

So.. up on my FB feed is a picture of my Stepgrandson.. he is almost 3 years old.  He is licking a sucker.... with a "cute" look on his face.

The caption" So where do kids learn that if they lick the lollipop that the parents will be made to buy it?"

Her MIL posts.. "awwwe.. your DH used to do that..haha"

My DH's EX posts a similarly adoring sentiment.. along with several other relatives and friends.

Me?  I don't post on her stuff because.. BM.. but I had to sit on my hands because I wanted to post so damn badly.

My post

"Well, if it had happened when I was growing up, my mom would have paid for that sucker and then let me watch her throw it in the damn trash.  You just taught your kid that it's ok to steal.. that it's ok to do bad things if you get what you want in the end.. and mommy will do anything to keep you from fussing"

I mean, I know... had she taken it from him and thrown it away and told him that it was because he wasn't allowed to do things like that.. he would have cried.. he would have thrown a fit.  But.. ya know what.. better that he throw a fit at 3 years old than learn hard lessons as an adult that his parents didn't teach him.