Eccentricity and Selfishness
"Parents" means pair. So there is the first problem. Every person has an opinion on everything. Even if it is expressed as 'no opinion' it is still an opinion, not to have an opinion. People have different opinions on the same thing. Parents however must have consolidated opinions on raising children. Differing opinions must be resolved into agreed unanimity, not compromise. And it doesn't really matter which original opinion (or another one) becomes the agreed dual opinion. Ironically, to resolve that question external information and advice should be sought. But after the resolution, external opinions do not matter, and should then be ignored. The parents' decision is that of a rugby referee: final, binding and unappealable. So parents must also resolve their joint approach to child rearing on the basis of what is good for the kid, permitting eccentricity on their own behalf, but not selfishness. That said, hard decisions must be made and imp