Aleks Debinski
Aleks Debinski voted up Didge Doo's answer
If you had two children one was very intelligent driven motivated and productive the other one was lazy obnoxious unproductive and a problem causer would you love them the same and how would you treat them differently?

I had five kids, each different from the others. One is trans-sexual, one is religious (he doesn't understand his brother/sister), the others are fairly unremarkable. They've all been good at the sport of their choice (it varied) and they all lead reasonably normal lives (yes, including that one).

As kids we treated them pretty much … Read more

Aleks Debinski
Aleks Debinski voted up Anonymous' answer
If you had two children one was very intelligent driven motivated and productive the other one was lazy obnoxious unproductive and a problem causer would you love them the same and how would you treat them differently?

My parents loved us the same, even though we all had very different personalities and ambitions and my brother was a bit of a "problem child".  But they didn't necessarily treat us the same- you can't treat every kid the same because a one-size-fits-all policy never really works.  Some kids need more discipline than others, … Read more

Aleks Debinski
Aleks Debinski voted up Didge Doo's answer
If you had two children one was very intelligent driven motivated and productive the other one was lazy obnoxious unproductive and a problem causer would you love them the same and how would you treat them differently?

I had five kids, each different from the others. One is trans-sexual, one is religious (he doesn't understand his brother/sister), the others are fairly unremarkable. They've all been good at the sport of their choice (it varied) and they all lead reasonably normal lives (yes, including that one).

As kids we treated them pretty much … Read more