<p>^^My comment was tongue in cheek…</p>
<p>I do believe, however, that if we, as parents, hold ourselves out as having the moral and other authority to set “policies” for our kids, we need to share in the credit and blame for the positive and negative effects of those policies. That’s why other parents might give you credit for your child’s achievements. Conversely, parents also sometimes (fairly or unfairly) chalk up “bad behavior” by others’ children to “bad parenting” by other parents.</p>