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parenting with a rewind button that never gets pressed.
means giving a child (or person) so much indulgence and so few limits that they stop developing the muscle called disappointment.
from from latin spoliare, to strip or plunder — same root as spoils of war, because excess quietly loots something too, just slower.
not about lovewarmth never spoils anyone, absence of limits does
food originoriginally meant meat going rotten from neglect
reversiblechild development research says habits shift faster than myths admit