10. Bribe your child - if it hasn’t happened yet, it will…

9. Lose patience with your kid in public.

8. Give your kid junk food.

7. Use ‘time outs’ or a ‘naughty chair’

6. Do nothing while your child throws a tantrum (after all sometimes there’s nothing you can do!)

5. Use ‘bad’ language in front of your child… sometimes it just slips out.

4. Laugh at your child’s tantrum. Come on, when they’re freaking out that they can’t wear their underwear and galoshes to the grocery store it’s kinda funny.

3. Take note of embarassing stories regarding your child (or children) to recite to future boyfriends/girlfriends, passers-by.

2. Let your child observe the five second rule - well, that grape did just fall on the ground.

1. Let your kid make important decisions… like what to name your next child.