In a message dated 2/18/00 5:45:06 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< Bobby - Amber may be an easy child - but even an easy child can
be ruined by a fractious adult caretaker >>

The research I quoted also discusses at length "difficult" and "easy"
parents, difficult being similar to fractious, I presume. Yes, and "easy"
child and a "difficult"
parent are like matches and spilled gasoline, very flammable.

I was not spanked that much as a child, but we do learn what you see. We
teach our clients, "you are the star in the most important TV show your child
will ever see."

Bobby