Mr. Ridge, Seriously....Are you a parent? Because, as a parent myself, I can tell you from my own experiences that neither of my children are spoiled..they both have many chores & responsibilities. They are excellent students, play sports, and are great to be around. They are fun and happy children, and we love spending time together as a family doing various activities. Nothing is ever just handed to them on a "silver platter"; they earn rewards for hard work & good behavior. However, my 7 year old son often resorts to whining, even though neither my husband nor myself rewards it in any way. So even though his whining behavior is not rewarded, or tolerated, he will still resort to it, especially when he is tired and cranky. And, yes, the whining most definitely gets on our nerves, and we have tried many different approaches to stop it; we never just allow it to go on. So, trust me...not all whining children are spoiled; that is an absurd misguided statement. I feel that I am doing my best to curb this negative behavior from my child, and he is doing it less than he use to, so it is absolutely unfair that you claim just because my child does this that he is spoiled & it is my fault. Walk in my shoes before you judge me. (P.S.: Whining is spelled with one "n", not two..maybe you should spend more time looking at your dictionary, instead of passing judgment on others.)

While some endulged children are actually good natured, grateful, gracious and generally pleasant they usually have also had good modeling, high expectations and genuine interest from their parents. I have found that many whiney children are neither over-endulged nor neglected, but do lack genuine interest from their parents. There is no time that the child KNOWS he will have the parent's full attention so he seeks it always or at inoportune times, and as they get older, almost as a punishment. But yes, one will occasionally see a parent aboslutely doting on a whiney child and one just wonders WHY? I don't think it happens that often, but when it does it is truly memorable.

Smarter kids can be asked to "use your words" in a calm voice and often will respond, if asked, what is REALLY the matter? Any child, if allowed to get over-tired may begin to whine. I've seen tired adults do it too.

Ah, "miss" Tammy-1653923,

Ah, yes, I am 63 single never married and this is not an apology per se because I commend your husband and you for rearing your children in such away that flies in the face of the child development theories that are out there since Dr. Spok in the '50's. But, it is noticed in public places that there, and, I am not aware of the percentages, but there are some children that have their parents twisted around thier little fingers on both hands.

But, my dear lady, why get so defensive even to the point of correcting my spelling? I do thank you though for pointing that out to me but would you be OCD?

And, yes, Jean336877, adults have what is called "temper tanturms" as much, and maybe worse more than what a child does.

Even with my glasses on this font is hard to see!

Resoectfully, Faire thee Well, and I, am,

In Him,

David.