Parenting would really come easy if we were raising our children to be brats.
Just give in, give in, give in, that way you don't have to keep hearing " WHY " a hundred times before the temper tantrums hit. Let them make their own house rules, what time they want to go to bed, no time limit on watching t.v. playing video games or surfing the Internet.

Keeping up with the latest fad is a must, since spoiled brats are always the first to get the most popular items. Teach them to brag on themselves, and that its only fun when you win, and if they don't get their homework done, blame the teacher.
After all, she gave homework assignments after your child's had his/her head in a book all day, and they need time to be kids. There's the outdoors social life, ballgames, cheer leading and so forth, then the inside social life, talking on the phone, getting on my space and chatting with their friends, the list can go on and on.

When your child is grown, if they're self-centered, smart mouth, knows everything there is to know about everything, has no sense of the value of money and expects you to still buy their clothes, not only furnish them a car but pay for the gas as well. And brings you their dirty laundry. Then you have succeeded in raising a BRAT....

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