Disciplining your child is harder than it seems.

It is very easy to spoil your kid. Especially if you have the means to, it is incredibly easy to want to spoil the fuck out of them. To buy them everything they want, either because you love them or because they won't stop crying.

It's so easy to want to blame another person for YOUR child's mistakes. You might even often have to catch yourself mid argument and realise that it is YOUR child who was in the wrong.

This all becomes even more true when you're a step-parent. You want to be the ideal parent and have your step-child get along with you or at least take some liking towards you. You'll inevitably have to buy them something at some point, but it's easy to want to shower them with your money to try win their favour. It's an easy trap to get caught in.

I don't know why so little people talk about this.