Some advice for young parents: If you start out conservative and fairly strict, eventually your kids will wear you down to a moderate level. If you start out moderate, you will be worn down to liberal. (So when they are 16 and ask for a flamethrower for their birthday, you may actually PAUSE for a minute before saying no. LOL!) But, if you START liberal and let them do whatever they want when they are toddlers, you will have no where left to go. It's hard to start that way and get a backbone later. Set the rules and consequences early, learn to say no! It will be easier for them and you.