Christy P has a blog post up telling a story about her kids in which my husband Mark and I play a minor role.
Several years ago, before I had any kids, we had a visit from friend and commenter bearing and her husband who already had kids. The visiting dad [Mark] noticed the giant grated air intake vent in our living room and said "You should screen this because kids are going to throw stuff down there."
We didn't do it. Our first child was a girl, and she never put anything down there….
Read the rest.
We often think that our parenting styles influence our children's personalities and behavior, but I think it's the other way around most of the time.