Ugh my sister complains about how hard parenting is but doesn’t discipline.

She tells her 4 year old “no “, he wines and throws tantrums, and then she caves. Every. Single. Time. Does it with her older kid too.

Last time she asked the 4 year old to try his dinner or no dessert. He threw a fit and started knocking over glasses and screaming like a little bitch. She starts going on about how horrible and stressful being a parent is. I said something like “He knows if he throws a fit he gets his way. He’s running the show, not you.” Cue huge explosion and “you don’t have kids so you can’t judge me!” argument.

I’ve seen/babysat for many well behaved four year olds who eat and sit through dinner. A little discipline can go a long way but I guess I’m not privileged to give advice bc I don’t have kids of my own.

I’ll add that post-tantrum she “made a deal” with him (the 4 year old) that if he ate sugar cereal instead of his dinner he could still have dessert. Sugar for sugar. Great deal.