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Parenting Styles

I have officially found the perfect, most reliable test to see what type of parent a person will be: give them a dog. Chris is absolutely cracking me up right now. I would have never guessed he'd be such a worrisome parent - but you should hear how worried he is about Sir Henry right now. Who, by the way, just has a bad case of itchy ears. Chris is practically putting a hot towel on his head, throwing him in the car, and speeding to the emergency room. Meanwhile, I'm in Utah rolling my eyes saying, "Is he bleeding out? Are limbs missing? He'll live." A while back Chris told me his dad was the type of dad who would never let his kids "cry it out" and his mom had the "they're fine" attitude. If one of them cried in the middle of the night, his dad would sneak out and hold them until they fell asleep - meanwhile if his mom was just home they'd sit in their crib crying all night until they learned to self soothe.  If someone wou...