She ignores all attempts to communicate, claiming that everyone hates her no matter how gentle we are when attempting to talk to her. [CDATA[ To point a finger at boomer parents today and say they screwed their kids up is to ignore the one ringing truth: Baby boomers were the first screw up generation, and we're proud of it. The kids don't make any efforts to stay in touch (let alone travel) to see their elderly grandparents. My advice to you is to accept the parameters and do what you want to do but to do your best to love them, regardless. The desire to get along with other people happily and considerately develops within [the child] as part of the unfolding of his nature, provided he grows up with loving, self-respecting parents. Two thousand years of parenting experts would have disagreed; parents most definitely could drill habits into a child, with the notion of relying on a childs good nature to achieve the desired results being the very definition of insanity. //]]>-->,
