[Aldentron]

i think where a lot of people go wrong with their kids is when they're too lazy to explain things to them.
for instance, instead of "you can't have another bowl of ice cream because i said so," you could use this opportunity to describe human nutrition and the importance of diet. make it significant to the kid, rather than just a blow-off answer.
the "because I said so" and similar responses instill logical fallacy and authoritarian righteousness. bad parents indeed.