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I think that parents need to be in control of their children.  You need to discipline them when they are misbehaving.  I can't believe the woman on the show uses the excuse "there is only one of me, there are three of them".  That is a huge cop out.  Growing up my parents were divorced.  So when we were with one of them, there was only one of them.  There were six of us.  We had one boy and five girls, two sets of twins, and one child was handicapped.  My parents were in control of us at all times.  If we misbehaved we left where ever we were.  Like the woman on the show, and I have a sneaking suspicion all other parents are the same, my parents only had two arms.  They found a way to get us in to the store or restaurant and they found a way to get us out.  This is not acceptable in this day and age, but if we were naughty we would stay in the car.  I remember countless times we would be out or visiting someone and my parents would leave to take whoever was misbehaving home.  And that is where we would stay.  The lady on the show said if she stayed home every time her kids misbehaved she would never get to leave.  One word- BABYSITTER.  There were times when I was young that my mom and five siblings would go do something fun and I sat home with a babysitter.  And I deserved it.  And I learned from it.  Not discipling your children is doing them no favors.  This lady is one parent of a million who has more kids than she has arms, she does not deserve a medal she deserves a reality check.